Book Review: "I Piedi di Abdullah" di Hafid Bouazza (Carbonio Editore)

Abstract

This collection of stories can be seen as Bouazza’s farewell to his native country and his resounding entry into the language of his new homeland. Everything in and about this book is alive with promise. Bouazza has several qualities that distinguish him from the rest: a strong personal stroke that manifests itself in distinct but well-chosen words, a sense of irony and the grotesque, and a relativising sarcasm that keeps at least two things at a distance-the Netherlands and his land of origin. Florid prose, with baroque word compositions and new linguistic structures. The composition of the stories has also been well thought out.