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The Woman and the Rose
1972 novel by Mohamed Zafzaf
Author | Mohammed Zafzaf |
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Language | Arabic |
Genre | Novel |
Publication date | 1972 |
Publication place | Morocco |
Pages | 156 |
The Woman and the Rose (Arabic: المرأة و الوردة) is a 1972 novel by Mohamed Zafzaf, which critics have described as a turning point in the development of the modern Moroccan Arabic novel.[1][2][3]
Plot
The novel centers around Muhammad, an educated Moroccan in his thirties living in Torremolinos, Spain.
Mohamed zafzaf wikipedia
Impoverished, adrift, and alienated, Muhammad lives off of the European women he sleeps with. Two friends, also Moroccan emigrants, involve him in a scheme to smuggle cannabis from Tangier. After Muhammad's mistakes undermine the plan, his friends abandon him in Morocco, where the novel concludes.[3]
Themes
The style of The Woman and the Rose is disorganized and labyrinthine, departing from the previous conventions of Moroccan literature i