18 Years in Morocco's Secret Prison
Klappentext:As a young army officer in 1971, Aziz BineBine was imprisoned after being unwittingly involved in the attempted assassination of Morocco's then king, Hassan II. He then endured 18 years in the nightmarish conditions of the secret prison Tazmamart, where inmates were kept in darkness underground, confined to small cells and forced to survive on the barest rations. With his fellow prisoners dying around him, BineBine realised the only way to survive was to forget the world outside his cell, to forget his past, his family, and his friends.
An unfiltered depiction of the agony of prison life, and written with touching simplicity and great tenderness, Tazmamart is a hellish journey through the abyss of despair. It is a powerful and at times searing tale and a testimony to the triumph of one human spirit pitted against injustice and savage cruelty.
Über die Autorin / über den Autor:Aziz BineBine is a Moroccan author and former army officer. He completed his secondary education within the French lycée system and then entered the Royal Military Academy. Appointed as an instructor to train cadets at Ahermoumou Military School, he was unwittingly involved in the 1971 coup d'état against King Hassan II. Judged and condemned, BineBine spent 18 years in Tazmamart prison. He now lives in Marrakech.
Lulu Norman is a writer, translator, and editor who lives in London. She has translated Albert Cossery, Mahmoud Darwish, Tahar Ben Jelloun, and the songs of Serge Gainsbourg and written for national newspapers, the London Review of Books, and other literary journals, in particular Banipal, the magazine of modern Arab literature, where she is an editorial assistant and regular contributor.
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