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For Bread Alone (Paperback)

by Mohamed Choukri (Author), Paul Bowles (Author)
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  • Paperback: 169 pages
  • Publisher: Telegram Books; 2nd Revised edition edition (22 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846590108
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846590108
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 295,202 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'The illiterate remembers everything. It seems almost a stroke of good luck that Choukri's encounter with the written word should have come so late. As a writer, he is in an enviable position, though he paid a high price for it in suffering.' Paul Bowles 'A true document of human desperation, shattering in its impact.' Tennessee Williams 'A book to read, cherish and remember - and to show us again why we need books as well as bread.' Morning Star


The Independent, July 16, 2006

Five stars ... Achingly elegant ... Choukri's irrepressible, ultimately indomitable spirit is most touching and human.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bitter truth, 4 Nov 2004
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This review is from: For Bread Alone: An Autobiography (Paperback)
If you are Moroccan or North African, you'll love this book. It was particularly eye-opening for me as a Moroccan born & bought up in London to read about the poverty and hardships Mohamed Choukri faced as a young man trying to find his way in Tangiers.

There are many funny parts to this book as well and you always have the feeling that he'll be alright.

I loved this book & have read it twice, its a book that makes me feel full of hope. Mohamed Choukri has come through these hardships, dealt with the death of his sisters, educated himself and is a great role-model for any young man in Morocco today.

I would strongly reccommend this book to anyone.

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1.0 out of 5 stars for bread alone, 28 Oct 2008
this book of choukri should have been titled ''For sex and bread alone instead of 'For bread alone'.I heard that he is a famous writer in marocco but you can be famaous even you are not a good writer which happen in this case.The life and moral of poor people is portrated in a very bad light.Of course it has some true on it but i did not find nothing good towards the poor class excpet naming them as thieves,dirty,liers,violent.etc,etc all the bad things you can find.Reading the whole book you will soon realise that the main character in words choukri spends all his childhood and adoleshence with prostitutes rather then trying to live a decent and honest life. Do not buy this book unless you are looking for a soft porno book.I am very dissapointed at myself for spending around £3 towards this book.If i could rate the book with no stars if i could but it is not possible.
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