{"product_id":"9781846590610","title":"In Tangier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"As I read Choukri's notes, I saw and heard Jean Genet as clearly as if I had been watching a film of him. To achieve such precision simply by reporting what happened and what was said, one must have a rare clarity of vision.\"—William Burroughs, from the introduction to \u003ci\u003eGenet in Tangier\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTangier, \"the most extraordinary and mysterious city in the world,\" according to Mohamed Choukri, was a haven for many Western writers in the early twentieth century. Paul Bowles, Jean Genet, and Tennessee Williams all spent time there, and each was in turn befriended by Choukri.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected here in one volume, for the first time in English, are his delightful recollections of these encounters, offering a truly fresh and unpretentious insight into the lives of these cult figures. Includes an afterword by Choukri previously published only in French.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAs we walked, I showed Tennessee the Arabic translation of his play, and explained that the title in Arabic meant: A cat on the fire. I added that several of his plays, both full-length and one-acters, had been published in Arabic, as well as some of his short stories. I heard his noisy laugh for the first time. Many books, many boys!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eMohamed Choukri\u003c\/b\u003e (1935–2003) is one of North Africa's most controversial and widely read authors. After a childhood of poverty and petty crime, Choukri learned to read and write at the age of twenty. He then became a teacher and writer, finally being awarded the chair of Arabic literature at Ibn Batuta College in Tangier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Telegram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057327456496,"sku":"9781846590610","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781846590610_p0.jpg?v=1769893745","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781846590610","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}