{"product_id":"the-elusive-fox-paperback","title":"The Elusive Fox - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMuhammad Zafzaf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMbarek Sryfi\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRoger Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered one of Morocco's most important contemporary writers, Muhammad Zafzaf created stories of alterity, compassionate tales inhabited by prostitutes, thieves, and addicts living in the margins of society. In \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Fox\u003c\/i\u003e, Zafzaf's first novel to be translated into English, a young teacher visits the coastal city of Essaouira in the 1960s. There he meets a group of European bohemians and local Moroccans and is exposed to the grittier side of society. More than a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Elusive Fox\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of a city during a time of fluid cultural and political mores in Morocco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuhammad Zafzaf\u003c\/b\u003e (1945-2001) was one of the most prominent writers of the Maghreb. The author of dozens of novels and short stories, Zafzaf was celebrated for his innovative, modernist, and aesthetic literature rooted in the detailed daily anxieties of the ordinary Moroccan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMbarek Sryfi\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. His translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eCELAAN, Metamorphoses, World Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBanipal.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoger Allen\u003c\/b\u003e is the Sascha Jane Patterson Harvie Professor Emeritus of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics, School of Arts and Sciences, and professor emeritus of Arabic and comparative literature at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 7.73 x 4.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130444681351,"sku":"9780815610779","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4374ba3fabf36884d3db0e9971e833e9.webp?v=1732610851","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-elusive-fox-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}