Author: MAMMERI,MOULOUD (TRANSLATED BY LEN ORTZEN)
Title: The Sleep of the Just
Description: London: The Cresset Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's original red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket which has no chips or tears along it's extremities.There is some spotting and foxing to the rear panel of the dust-jacket and also to the underside of the dust-wrapper (see pics) There are no former names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no loose pages.The text block is foxed to the text block edges.Uncomon novel set in Algeria and translated from the French by Len Ortzen.It's both a dramatic and comic work written without malice or hatred and provides the reader with a deep insight into the life of the Arab and their reaction to the Western world,so pertinent even today.8vo 228pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1956]. Very Good .

Keywords: Algeria Africa


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