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The Lemon

paperback – January 1, 2001
by Mrabet, Mohammed
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ISBN-13: 9780872861817 ISBN-10: 0872861813
Publisher
City Lights Books
Binding
paperback
Published
January 1, 2001
Weight
0.5 lbs
Dimensions
20.30×1.30×14.60 cm

About this book

The Lemon by Mrabet, Mohammed. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780872861817.

This powerful and shocking narrative recounts the adventures of Abdeslam, a precocious twelve-year-old Moroccan boy who runs away from his home in the Rif Mountains to Tangier. There he struggles to retain his childlike innocence and native pride while striving to support himself in the corrupt and decadent international port. He takes up with a longshoreman and soon meets a rogues gallery of friends, mostly hustlers and down-and-outers. With his characteristic brilliance and streetwise charm, Mrabet develops the novels ambiguous theme of the necessity of violence to retain ones innocence.