{"product_id":"demoiselles-of-numidia-paperback","title":"Demoiselles of Numidia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMohamed Leftah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLara Vergnaud\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed Moroccan author's debut novel, this stunning portrait of the world of sex work describes its sordid reality with beautiful, poetic prose.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvailable now for the first time in English, \u003ci\u003eDemoiselles of Numidia\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of young women working in a Casablanca brothel--their relationships with each other and with their pimps, their dramas, and the rare moments of happiness that bloom in this violent underbelly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in French in 1992, the novel\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003equickly\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eestablished Mohamed Leftah as one of Morocco's great writers. It showcases the extraordinary combination of elegant language and graphic physicality, as well as the nuanced questioning of traditional gender roles, which would come to characterize his works.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMohamed Leftah \u003c\/b\u003ewas a writer and journalist born in Settat, Morocco, in 1946. He attended engineering school in Paris and then returned in 1972 to Morocco, where he became a literary critic for \u003ci\u003eLe Matin du Sahara\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLe Temps du Maroc\u003c\/i\u003e. His career as a novelist began with the publication of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDemoiselles de Numidie\u003c\/i\u003e in 1992, followed by ten more novels over the next nineteen years. \u003ci\u003eCaptain Ni'mat's Last Battle\u003c\/i\u003e (Other Press, 2022) was his first novel to be published in English.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe died of cancer in 2008. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLara Vergnaud \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator of prose, creative nonfiction, and scholarly works from the French. She is the recipient of two PEN\/Heim Translation Fund Grants and a French Voices Grand Prize, and has been nominated for the National Translation Award. She lives in Washington, DC.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.01 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732304039999,"sku":"9781635420661","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bcb7d68ac48173f8d76493fcbb6945b1.webp?v=1765132014","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/demoiselles-of-numidia-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}