For Bread Alone

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For Bread Alone , al-Khubz al-Hafi) is a controversial autobiographical work by Mohammed Choukri. It was written in Arabic in 1972 and translated into English by Paul Bowles in 1973.[1] In 1980, it was published in French as Le Pain Nu in a translation by Tahar Ben Jelloun. The novel has been translated into 39 foreign languages[2] and adapted into a French graphic novel by Abdelaziz Mouride [fr].[3]

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For Bread Alone is the first part of Choukri’s autobiography that consists of three works. In addition to this novel, there are Time of Mistakes and Faces. The writer said that the idea of an autobiography came from his American writer friend Paul Bowles, and he sold it orally before he started writing it. Tahar Ben Jelloun translated For Bread Alone into French and it was published by Maspero Publishing House. The book stayed hidden for twenty years before it was published by Choukri in Arabic in Morocco. The work sparked an uproar in modern Arab literature and was banned in most Arab countries, as its critics considered it bold in a way that does not conform to the traditions of Arab societies. The book is still banned or almost banned in most Arab countries.[7]