The Poor Man's Son

by Mouloud Feraoun

Book Overview

Like the autobiographical hero of this, his classic first novel, Mouloud Feraoun grew up in the rugged Kabyle region of French-controlled Algeria, where the prospects for most Muslim Berber men were limited to shepherding or emigrating to France for factory work. While Feraoun escaped such a fate by excelling in the colonial school system--as a student and, later, as a teacher at the École Normale--he remained firmly rooted in Kabyle culture. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813923263
• ISBN13: 9780813923260
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher