Research Catalog

Title

The shutters / Ahmed Bouanani ; translated from the French by Emma Ramadan.

Author

Bouanani, Ahmed

Publication

• New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

Ramadan, Emma

Description

xi, 127 pages; 21 cm

Summary

"The Shutters collects the two most important poetry collections--"The Shutters" and "Photograms"--by the legendary Moroccan writer Ahmed Bouanani. By intertwining myth and tradition with the familiar objects and smells of his lived present, Bouanani reconstructs vivid images of Morocco's past. He weaves together references to the Second World War, the Spanish and French protectorates, the Rif War, dead soldiers, prisoners, and poets screaming in their tombs with mouths full of dirt. His poetry, written in an imposed language with a "strange alphabet," bravely confronts the violence of his country's history--particularly during the period of les années de plomb, the years of lead--all of which bears the brutal imprint of colonization. As Bouanani writes, "These memories retrace the seasons of a country that was quickly forgetful of its past, indifferent to its present, constantly turning its back on the future."--Page [4] of cover.

Uniform Title

Persiennes. English

Alternative Title

Persiennes.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Moroccan poetry (French) > 20th century > Translations into English
• Moroccan poetry (French)

Genre/Form

Translations.

Note

• "A New Directions Paperback Original"--Title page.
• "First published as a New Directions Paperbook (NDP1410) in 2018"--Title page verso.
• "The Shutters was originally published in Morocco as Les Persiennes (1980) by Éditions Stouky. Photograms was originally published in France as Photogrammes (1989) by Éditions Avant-Quart."--Title page verso.

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Contents

The shutters -- Photograms.

Call Number

JFD 18-5139

ISBN

• 9780811227841
• 0811227847

LCCN

• 2018002149
• 40028300628

OCLC

1005690080

Author

Bouanani, Ahmed, author.

Title

The shutters / Ahmed Bouanani ; translated from the French by Emma Ramadan.

Publisher

New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Language

Translated from the French.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Ramadan, Emma, translator, writer of forewrod.

Bouanani, Ahmed. Les Persiennes. English.

Bouanani, Ahmed. Photogrammes. English.

Other Form:

Online version: Bouanani, Ahmed. Shutters. New York : New Directions Publishing, 2018 9780811227858 (DLC) 2018009101

Other Standard Identifier

40028300628

Research Call Number

JFD 18-5139