{"product_id":"another-morocco-isbn-9781584351948","title":"Another Morocco","description":"\u003cb\u003eTales of life in North Africa that flirt with strategies of revelation and concealment, by the first openly gay writer to be published in Morocco.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eTangier is a possessed city, haunted by spirits of different faiths. When we have literature in our blood, in our souls, it's impossible not to be visited by them.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e—from \u003ci\u003eAnother Morocco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2006, Abdellah Taïa returned to his native Morocco to promote the Moroccan release of his second book, \u003ci\u003eLe rouge du tarbouche \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Red of the Fez\u003c\/i\u003e). During this book tour, he was interviewed by a reporter for the French-Arab journal \u003ci\u003eTel Quel\u003c\/i\u003e, who was intrigued by the themes of homosexuality she saw in his writing. Taïa, who had not publically come out and feared the repercussions for himself and his family of doing so in a country where homosexuality continues to be outlawed, nevertheless consented to the interview and subsequent profile, “Homosexuel envers et contre tous” (“Homosexual against All Odds”). This interview made him the first openly gay writer to be published in Morocco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnother Morocco\u003c\/i\u003e collects short stories from Taïa's first two books, \u003ci\u003eMon Maroc\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMy Morocco\u003c\/i\u003e) and \u003ci\u003eLe rouge du tarbouche\u003c\/i\u003e, both published before this pivotal moment. In these stories, we see a young writer testing the porousness of boundaries, flirting with strategies of revelation and concealment. These are tales of life in a working-class Moroccan family, of a maturing writer's fraught relationship with language and community, and of the many cities and works that have inspired him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a reverence for the subaltern—for the strength of women and the disenfranchised—these stories speak of humanity and the construction of the self against forces that would invalidate its very existence. Taïa's work is, necessarily, a political gesture.\u003c\/p\u003eAbdellah Taïa (born in 1973) is the author of six novels, including \u003ci\u003eSalvation Army\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Arab Melancholia\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by Semiotext(e), and \u003ci\u003eInfidels\u003c\/i\u003e. His novel \u003ci\u003eLe jour du roi\u003c\/i\u003e, about the death of Morocco's King Hassan II, won the 2010 Prix de Flore. He also directed and wrote the screenplay for the 2013 film adaptation of \u003ci\u003eSalvation Army\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Semiotext(e)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301010034917,"sku":"NP9781584351948","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781584351948.jpg?v=1767721647","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/another-morocco-isbn-9781584351948","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}