For Bread Alone in Bloomington, MN

“A true story of human desperation, shattering in its impact.”—Tennessee Williams
Driven by famine from their home in the Rif, Mohamed’s family walks to Tangiers in search of a better life. But his father is unable to find work and grows violent. Mohamed learns how to charm and steal. During a short spell in a filthy Moroccan jail, a fellow inmate kindles his life-altering love of poetry.
The distinguished writer
Paul Bowles
, perhaps best known for his novel
The Sheltering Sky,
collaborated closely with
Mohamed Choukri
on the translation of
For Bread Alone,
and penned the introduction.