The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers by Laroui, Fouad

The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781941920268)

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The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers by Laroui, Fouad

The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers

$14.95
The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers by Laroui, Fouad

The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers

$14.95
Format: Paperback
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**Included in World Literature Today's "75 Notable Translations of 2016"**

**One of Literary Hub's Books to Read this May**

**One of Asbury Park Press Books to Read this Summer**

This long-awaited English-language debut from Morocco's most prominent contemporary writer won the Prix Gouncourt de Nouvelles, France's most prestigious literary award, for best story collection. Laroui uses surrealism, laugh-out-loud humor, and profound compassion across a variety of literary styles to highlight the absurdity of the human condition, exploring the realities of life in a world where everything is foreign.

Fouad Laroui has published over twenty novels and collections of short stories, poetry, and essays. Laroui teaches econometrics and environmental science at the University of Amsterdam, and lives between Amsterdam, Paris, and Casablanca.

Author: Fouad Laroui
ISBN-10: 1941920268
ISBN-13: 9781941920268
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2016
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/11/2016
Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 71

By Fouad Laroui
By Fouad Laroui
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Fouad Laroui was born in 1958 in Oujda, Morocco. After his studies in the Lyc馥 Lyautey (Casablanca), he joined the prestigious ﾉcole Nationale des Ponts et Chauss馥s (Paris, France), where he studied engineering. After having worked in the Office Cherifien des Phosphates company in Khouribga (Morocco), he moved to the United Kingdom where he spent several years in Cambridge and York. Later he obtained a PhD in economics and moved to Amsterdam where he is currently teaching econometrics and environmental science. In addition, he is devoted to writing. He is a literary chronicler for the weekly magazine Jeune Afrique and Economia Magazine, and the French-Moroccan radio M馘i1. He has published over twenty novels and collections of short stories, poetry, and essays who lives between Amsterdam, Paris, and Casablanca. His novels have been shortlisted numerous times for the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize, and his latest novel was awarded the Grand Prix Jean Giorno. The Curious Case of Doussakine's Trousers won Laroui his first Prix Goncourt for short stories.

Emma Ramadan is a graduate of Brown University, received her Master's in Cultural Translation from the American University of Paris, and recently completed a Fulbright Fellowship for literary translation in Morocco. Her translation of Anne Garr騁a's Sphinx was published by Deep Vellum in spring 2015, and her translation of Anne Parian's Monospace is forthcoming from La Presse in fall 2015.

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