Return to Childhood: The Memoir of a Modern Moroccan Woman

by Layla Abu Zayd and Leila Abouzeid

Leila Abouzeid, whose novel Year of the Elephant has gone through six reprintings, has now translated her childhood memoir into English. Published in Rabat in 1993 to critical acclaim, the work brings to life the interlocking dramas of family ties and political conflict.

Against a background of Morocco's struggle for independence from French colonial rule, Abouzeid charts the development of personal relationships, between generations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292704909
• ISBN13: 9780292704909
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"