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| Author | Mohammed Choukri |
|---|---|
| Original title | الخُبْزُ الحَافِي |
| Translator | Paul Bowles |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Autobiography |
| Published | 1982 |
| Publication place | Morocco |
For Bread Alone (Arabic: الخبز الحافي, al-Khubz al-Hafi) is a controversial autobiographical work by Mohammed Choukri. It was written in Arabic in 1972 and translated into English by Paul Bowles in 1973.[1] In 1980, it was published in French as Le Pain Nu in a translation by Tahar Ben Jelloun. The novel has been translated into 39 foreign languages[2] and adapted into a French graphic novel by Abdelaziz Mouride.[3]
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- ^ "«الخبز الحافي» لمحمد شكري لا تزال حاضرة بقوة | الشرق الأوسط". 2020-08-04. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ^ "A New Graphic-novel Adaptation of Mohamed Choukri's 'For Bread Alone'". ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2023-01-29.