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Title The curious case of Dassoukine's trousers / Fouad Laroui ; translated from the French by Emma Ramadan ; introduction by Laila Lalami.
Author Laroui, Fouad, 1958- author.
Publication Info. Dallas, Texas : Deep Vellum Publishing, 2016.
©2016
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Edition First edition.
Description 135 pages ; 21 cm
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volume nc rdacarrier
Contents Introduction / Laila Lalami. -- The curious case of Dassoukine's trousers -- Dislocation -- Born nowhere -- Khouribga, or, The laws of the universe -- What's not said in Brussels -- Bennani's bodyguard -- The invention of dry swimming -- Fifteen minutes as philosophers -- The night before. -- Works cited.
Summary "This linked story collection employs ... humor and ... pathos across a variety of literary styles to explore what it is like to live surrounded by the unfamiliar: to try to make it as an expatriate, to converse with those who know things by different names, to encounter prejudice, and more."--Back cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-133).
Subject Moroccans -- Belgium -- Fiction.
Coffeehouses -- Morocco -- Casablanca -- Fiction.
Moroccans -- Netherlands -- Fiction.
Moroccans -- France -- Fiction.
Culture shock -- Fiction.
Genre Short stories.
Short stories.
Humorous fiction.
Added Author Ramadan, Emma, translator.
Lalami, Laila, 1968- writer of introduction.
Added Title Étrange affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine. English
ISBN 9781941920268 (paperback) : $14.95
1941920268 (paperback)
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