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“kamel daoud”

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  • The Meursault Investigation

    A Novel

    by Kamel Daoud ...
    Translated by John Cullen ...
    **A New York Times Notable Book of 2015“A tour-de-force reimagining of Camus’s The Stranger, from the point of view of the mute Arab victims.” —The New Yorker**He was the brother of “the Arab” killed by the infamous Meursault, the antihero of Camus’s classic novel. Seventy years after that event, Harun, who has lived since childhood in the shadow of his sibling’s memory, refuses to let him remain ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Zabor, or The Psalms

    A Novel

    by Kamel Daoud ...
    Translated by Emma Ramadan ...
    **Library Journal: Best World Literature of the YearA fable, parable, and confession, the second novel from the acclaimed author of The Meursault Investigation pays homage to the essential need for fiction and to the freedom from tradition afforded by an adopted language.**Having lost his mother and been shunned by his father, Zabor grows up in the company of books, which teach him a new language. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Chroniques

    Selected Columns, 2010-2016

    by Kamel Daoud ...
    Translated by Elisabeth Zerofsky ...
    This engaging collection of essays showcases the extraordinary passion, insight, and range of Kamel Daoud, bestselling author of The Meursault Investigation.Kamel Daoud has been a journalist for more than twenty years, writing the most-read column in Algeria, in Le Quotidien d'Oran, while also collaborating on various online media and contributing to foreign publications such as the New York Times ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Ploughshares Summer 2016 Guest-Edited by Claire Messud & James Wood

    by Claire Messud, James Wood, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Lydia Davis, Peter Bichsel, Kamel Daoud, Carys Davies, Viet Dinh, Amity Gaige, Georgi Gospodinov, Cate Kennedy, Glyn Maxwell, Melissa Pritchard, Weike Wang, Gunnhild Øyehaug, Chauna Craig, Emily Fox Gordon, Lucy Biederman ...
    The Summer 2016 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.This 45th anniversary issue, guest edited by novelist Claire Messud and literary critic James Wood, includes new work ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • The Blind Owl

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