Cinq fragments du désert (Mujtazaʼāt al-khams lil-ṣaḥrāʼ) (Five Fragments of the Desert)

Description:

In this richly illustrated, bilingual volume, Algerian poet Rachid Boudjedra’s free verse evoking the immensity of the Sahara desert is interwoven with full-page drawings by Algerian artist Rachid Koraichi. Active since the 1970s, and in exile from Algeria for much of his career, Koraichi is known for his work with mystical symbols. Here, he experiments with mirror writing and talismanic pictograms so as to evoke the kinds of popular protective rituals in which migrants might engage over a long journey.

Attribution:

Rachid Boudjedra, Rachid Koraichi

Date:

2007

Source:

UC Berkeley Library collection