Novel
Espoir vagabond
Not translated into English
Mohamed Aziz Lahbabi · 1972
Synopsis
A novel subtitled “roman maghrébin”, which its author, a philosopher, translated himself from the Arabic: the French edition, published in 1972 by L'Amitié par le livre, in Blainville-sur-Mer, runs to 237 pages, with a preface by Emmanuel Roblès and illustrations by Choukri Mesli. The book appeared in both of its author's languages and went through at least four editions. Neither the plot nor the characters are described.
Context
The novel belongs to a body of work divided between philosophy, poetry and fiction, whose essays Larousse sums up as a plea for the meeting of cultures and religions in a spirit of exchange. The fourth edition appeared in 1982 in Rabat and Paris, from L'Association marocaine and L'Harmattan. Mahdi Elmandjra, in the tribute he devoted to him in 1993 in Horizons maghrébins, cites it among the titles that speak of the diversity of its author's interests.
Who it is for
A novel in French of 237 pages, translated from the Arabic by its author; it can be found in libraries, at the BnF in particular.
Prizes and reception
Listed by Larousse among the novels of its author, a thinker who was put forward for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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