New stories by Leila Abouzeid, the noted Moroccan writer, constitute an event for both East and West, for, as in her critically acclaimed novel, "Year of the Elephant", the author cuts across cultural and national boundaries to offer fiction that has meaning for both Western and Middle Eastern reade[...]
The novella and eight short stories that constitute "Year of the Elephant" - an allusion to a battle described in the Qur'an - serve as an eloquent representation of life in the wake of Morocco's successful struggle for independence from French occupation. In the titular novella the protagonist, Zah[...]