Two Novellas by YAE - (After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial Fra) by Youssouf Amine Elalamy (Paperback)

About the Book

Two Novellas by YAE comprises two works by Youssouf Amine Elalamy, also known as YAE, translated from French into English for the first time. A Moroccan in New York and Sea Drinkers provide a glimpse into the lives of Moroccan ZmigrZs and reveal multiple misconceptions and mis...

Book Synopsis

Two Novellas by YAE comprises two works by Youssouf Amine Elalamy, also known as YAE, translated from French into English for the first time. A Moroccan in New York and Sea Drinkers provide a glimpse into the lives of Moroccan ZmigrZs and reveal multiple misconceptions and misunderstandings Americans have about Moroccan culture.

Review Quotes

"Youssouf Amine Elalamy, popularly referred to as YAE by Moroccans in the literary and artistic circles of the country, began writing in the late 1990s at the dawn of the New Morocco. In general, YAE's complete oeuvre, either as three-dimensional artwork, theater, or prose, is playful or primarily explores the quirkier side of what he calls the Moroccan personality. Brandishing his humanist and humorist pen, the author explores a human continuum that has become complicated and divided by the socio-political and cultural polarizations of East/West, Arab/French, traditionalist/modern, secular/religious, isolationist/global, and individual/collective.

Youssouf Amine Elalamy, popularly referred to as YAE by Moroccans in the literary and artistic circles of the country, began writing in the late 1990s at the dawn of the New Morocco. In general, YAE's complete oeuvre, either as three-dimensional artwork, theater, or prose, is playful or primarily explores the quirkier side of what he calls the Moroccan personality. Brandishing his humanist and humorist pen, the author explores a human continuum that has become complicated and divided by the socio-political and cultural polarizations of East/West, Arab/French, traditionalist/modern, secular/religious, isolationist/global, and individual/collective...

About the Author

Youssouf Amine Elalamy is the author of five novels, including Paris mon bled, Miniatures and Tqarqib Ennab. He is also professor of communication at Ibn Tofaïl University in Kenitra, Morocco. John D. Liechty is a teacher in Muscat, Oman.