About the Author

Albert Memmi is the author of many books, including The Colonizer and the Colonized(also available from Beacon Press) and Arab and Jew.

Reviews

'His father an Italian Jew, his mother a Berber, Benillouche struggles on the tattered fringe of the Tunisian ghetto for the very air he breathes. . . . A mature, thoughtful book.' – The New York Times

"Told with clarity of vision, a passionate sense of justice, and a warm heart." – New York Herald Tribune

"In the Celine-Sartre-Camus tradition of the contemporary French novel of despair, this autobiographical narrative has maturity, stylistic grace, and purpose ... A thoughtful, perceptive work." – Library Journal