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The curious case of Dassoukine's trousers / Fouad Laroui ; translated from the French by Emma Ramadan ; introduction by Laila Lalami.
Author
Laroui, Fouad, 1958-
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Uniform title
Étrange affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
Dallas, Texas : Deep Vellum Publishing, 2016.
©2016
Description
135 pages ; 21 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PQ3989.2.L29 A2 2016
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Subject(s)
Moroccans
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Belgium
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Fiction
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Coffeehouses
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Morocco
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Casablanca
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Fiction
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Moroccans
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Netherlands
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Fiction
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Moroccans
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France
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Fiction
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Culture shock
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Fiction
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Translator
Ramadan, Emma
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Writer of introduction
Lalami, Laila, 1968-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Short stories
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Humorous fiction
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Getty AAT genre
short stories
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Summary note
"This linked story collection employs laugh-out-loud humor and profound pathos across a variety of literary styles to explore what it is like to live surrounded by the unfamiliar." -- back cover
Notes
Originally published in French as L'étrange affaire du pantalon de Dassoukine in 2012.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-133).
Language note
Translated from the French.
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.
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ISBN
9781941920268 ((paperback))
1941920268
LCCN
2015960722
OCLC
923554674
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