A semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in French colonized Tunisia.
“His father an Italian Jew, his mother a Berber, Benillouche struggles on the tattered fringe of the Tunisian ghetto for the very air he breathes. . . . A mature, thoughtful book.” -The New York Times
Albert Memmi is the author of many books, including The Colonizer and the Colonized (also available from Beacon Press) and Arab and Jew.
A semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in French colonized Tunisia.
“His father an Italian Jew, his mother a Berber, Benillouche struggles on the tattered fringe of the Tunisian ghetto for the very air he breathes. . . . A mature, thoughtful book.” -The New York Times
Author
Albert Memmi is the author of many books, including The Colonizer and the Colonized (also available from Beacon Press) and Arab and Jew.
