Corruption bookcover

Corruption

Carol Volk 

(Translator)
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Description

Casablanca and Tangier provide the backdrops for Corruption, and erotic tale of morality about Mourad, the last honest man in Morocco. After a lifetime of resistance, Mourad finally gives in to the demands of his materialistic wife and accepts "commissions" for his work: just one envelope stuffed with cash, then another. Ben Jelloun's compelling novel evokes the dangers of succumbing to the daily temptations of modern life, as Mourad lives the consequences of betraying his existence.


Product Details

PublisherNew Press
Publish DateNovember 01, 1996
Pages144
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781565842960
Dimensions8.3 X 5.7 X 0.4 inches | 0.4 pounds
BISAC Categories: Popular Fiction,

About the Author

Winner of the 1994 Prix Maghreb, Tahar Ben Jelloun was born in 1944 in Fez, Morocco, and emigrated to France in 1961. A novelist, essayist, critic, and poet, he is a regular contributor to Le Monde, La Répubblica, El País, and Panorama. His novels include The Sacred Night, which received the Prix Goncourt in 1987, and Corruption (The New Press).

Reviews

"A remarkable novel." -- Publishers Weekly

"An engrossing depiction of a moral dilemma . . . Ben Jelloun paces this anatomy of a quandary perfectly, letting us hear the dueling voices of Mourad's conscience and sense the twinge of madness such a fierce inner debate engenders." -- Booklist

"An unusually thought-provoking read." -- Time Out New York

"Ben Jelloun is a writer of social and moral acuteness." -- Los Angeles Times

"The philosophical sophistication of an Albert Camus novel . . . and the fast tempo of a good yarn." -- San Francisco Examiner

"This novel works like a bolt of lightning to illuminate the mysterious shadows of Casablanca . . . Ben Jelloun carries on the intellectual heritage of Albert Camus and is also a master minimalist." -- The Washington Times

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