Tahar Ben Jelloun Summary

In the following review, Hussein asserts that Ben Jelloun uses a compressed prose style and structure to focus on an individual mind in Silent Day in Tangier. Tahar Ben Jelloun is a novelist, poet and... Read more

In the following review, Cooper discusses the pervasive power of the mafia in L'Ange aveugle and notes the recurring theme of “victimized childhood” throughout the collection. Aft... Read more

In the following review, Cooper calls L'Homme rompu a “remarkable novel” and praises the work's suspense, imagery, and narrative structure. In his prefatory note the Morocc... Read more

In the following review, Campbell criticizes State of Absence for its series of “flimsy anecdotes” and complains that the book suffers from a poor translation. Tahar Ben Jelloun is a Mor... Read more

In the following review, Eder describes how Ben Jelloun uses his sense of “social and moral acuteness” to corrupt the protagonist, as well as the readers, of his novel Corruption. To sho... Read more

In the following review, Salti argues that the publication of Poésie complète: 1966-1995 is “long-overdue” and speculates that, for Ben Jelloun, “poetry has always r... Read more

In the following review, Sellin compliments Ben Jelloun's lyrical prose but argues that La Nuit de l'erreur is too derivative and dependent on the formulaic narrative structure establish... Read more

In the following review, Sellin describes Labyrinthe des sentiments as a “haunting and unusual book,” asserting that the novel's focus on one main narrative distinguishes it from ... Read more

In the following review, Mahjoub examines the controversy surrounding the publication of Cette aveuglante absence de lumière. In July 1971, a group of army officers attacked the palace at Skhir... Read more

In the following review, Sardar compares Islam Explained to Barnaby Rogerson's The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography and Asma Barlas's “Believing Women” in Islam: Unreading Pat... Read more

In the following essay, Marrouchi traces the development of the character Zahra in La Nuit sacrée and examines how the novel deconstructs traditional notions of gender and colonization. We�... Read more

In the following review, Mortimer discusses how Ben Jelloun utilizes the character of the ailing patriarch in Jour de silence à Tanger to create a “sober and poetic text of introspection... Read more

In the following review, Eder compliments Ben Jelloun's “telling, subtle and occasionally puzzling portrait” of the protagonist in Silent Day in Tangier. To be dead is to be cut o... Read more