The Pillar of Salt

by Albert Memmi

Rating: 4 (1 vote)

Tags: Set in Tunisia Male author

The Pillar of Salt

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

Add comment

More books from Tunisia

A Tunisian Tale Du Pain et du Jasmin Le corps de ma mère

More books from Read Around Africa Challenge

Dream Country Mask Off Autobiography of the Lower East Side