The Pillar of Salt

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

Author: Albert Memmi
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 02/01/1992
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.32w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780807083277
ISBN10: 0807083275
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Biographical
- Literary Criticism | General
- Fiction | Political

About the Author
Albert Memmi is the author of many books, including The Colonizer and the Colonized (also available from Beacon Press) and Arab and Jew.