Driss ben Hamed Charhadi

About

Driss ben Hamed Charhadi (1937–1986) is the pen name of Larbi Layachi, a Moroccan story-teller, some of whose stories have been translated by Paul Bowles from Moroccan Arabic to English. His book, A Life Full of Holes, was tape-recorded and translated by Bowles over the course of several visits to his home by Charhadi, and published in 1964 by Grove Press