Driss ben Hamed Charhadi (1937–1986) is the alias for Larbi Layachi, a Moroccan

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, some of whose stories have been translated by

Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...

from

Moroccan Arabic Moroccan Arabic ( ar, العربية المغربية الدارجة, translit=al-ʻArabīya al-Maghribīya ad-Dārija ), also known as Darija (), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco. It is part of the Maghrebi ...

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. His book, '' A Life Full of Holes'' was tape-recorded and translated by Bowles over the course of several visits to his home by Charhadi, and published in 1964 by

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A second collection of stories, Yesterday and Today, was published by Black Sparrow Press in 1985.

References

External links

Driss ben Hamed Charhadi and Paul Bowles: A Life Full of Holes
at Qantara.de
Larbi Layachi: Yesterday and Today
at Godine.com Moroccan storytellers Moroccan novelists Moroccan writers 1937 births 1986 deaths {{Morocco-bio-stub