| The Pillar of Salt Contributor(s): Memmi, Albert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807083275 ISBN-13: 9780807083277 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1992 Annotation: A semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in French colonized Tunisia. "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 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Biographical - Literary Criticism - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91016952 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.32" W x 8.18" (0.84 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1955, The Pillar of Salt the semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in French colonized Tunisia. To gain access to privileged French society, he must reject his many identities - Jew, Arab, and African. But, on the eve of World War II, he is forced to come to terms with his loyalties and his past |