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The Last Friend Hardback - 2006

by Tahar Ben Jelloun; Kevin Michel Cape; Hazel Rowley

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The Last Friend, the new novel from internationally acclaimed author Tahar Ben Jelloun, winner of the 2004 International Dublin/IMPAC award, is a Rashamon-like tale of friendship and betrayal set in twentieth century Tangier. Written in Ben Jelloun's inimitable and powerfully direct style, the novel explores the twists and turns of an intense thirty-year friendship between two young men struggling to find their identities and sexual fulfillment in Morocco in the late 1950s, a complex and contradictory society both modern and archaic.

From their carefree university days through their brutal imprisonment and ultimate release, the two rely on each other for physical and psychological survival, forging bonds not easily broken. Each narrator tells his version of the story, painting a vivid portrait of life lived within and in opposition to the moral strictures of North Africa.

Set against a backdrop of repression and disillusionment, The Last Friend is a tale of loss of innocence and a nation's coming of age.


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  • Title The Last Friend
  • Author Tahar Ben Jelloun; Kevin Michel Cape; Hazel Rowley
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 186
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New Press, New York
  • Publication date 2006-02-01
  • Features Dust Cover
  • ISBN 9781595580085 / 1595580085
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.76 x 6.72 x 0.79 in (19.71 x 17.07 x 2.01 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005052274
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2006, Page 26
  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/2006, Page 3
  • Library Journal, 05/15/2006, Page 89
  • New York Times, 06/04/2006, Page 32
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/19/2005, Page 38

About the author

Winner of the 1994 Prix Maghreb, Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in 1944 in Fez, Morocco, and emigrated to France in 1961. A novelist, essayist, critic, and poet, he is a regular contributor to Le Monde, La Rpubblica, El Pas, and Panorama. His novels include The Sacred Night, which received the Prix Goncourt in 1987, and Corruption (The New Press).

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