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Tunisian Literature (1)
"Hassan Nasr was born in 1937 in Tunis. He has been active in Tunisian literary life since Independence in 1956, and started publishing short stories in magazines in 1959. He studied literature in Tunis and Baghdad, and lived for two years in Mauritania. He worked mainly as a high school teacher, and has published both collections of short stories and novels. He lives in Tunis."
Return to Dar al-Basha
Hassan Nasr, author; William Hutchins, translator
Syracuse University Press
1600 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210
0815608780 $22.95 www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu 1-800-365-8929
"Written by Tunisian native Hassan Nasr, Return to Dar al-Basha is a semi-autobiographical novel describing a boy's Tunisian childhood during the era of nationalist resistance against French colonial rule. Taken from his mother and raised in his father's home, physically abused and emotionally neglected, he grows up into a perpetual wanderer. Questioning his inability to set roots, he explores the streets of Tunis, recalls his childhood introduction to Islamic mysticism and Sufism, and braces himself to see his father again. An evocative, heartfelt tale, providing an unforgettably vivid impression of Tunisian life through a child's eyes."
Sources: www.banipal.co.uk; www.midwestbookreview.com
Posted at: 2008-04-17
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