Word: moghrebi
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Dates: during 1964-1964
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Paul Bowles has solved two great problems that still nag at the more old-fashioned novelist-the invention of a story and the creation of character. In this book, the character writes the story. He is Driss ben Hamed Charhadi, a North African Arab whose language is Moghrebi (an Arabic dialect), and who has been shepherd, baker's deliveryman, carpenter and kif salesman. With the encouragement of Bowles and the help of a tape recorder, Charhadi narrated the life of a fatherless child growing up in the boondocks of French Morocco. A horrible life it is-on the move...
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