{"product_id":"m-hashish-9780872860346","title":"M'Hashish","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mohammed Mrabet\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ah,\" said Hassan, \"I don't believe in the world. There's another world where life is different.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are stories of that world. The word m'hashish (equivalent in Moghrebi of \"behashished\" or \"full of hashish\") is used not only in a literal sense, but also figuratively, to describe a person whose behavior seems irrational or unexpected. The tales here deal with some of the possible results, desirable and questionable, of being in that state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMohammed Mrabet was born in Tangier in 1936. Since meeting in the early 1960's, Paul Bowles has taped and translated numerous strange legends and lively stories recounted by Mrabet: \u003cem\u003eLove with a Few Hairs\u003c\/em\u003e (novel), \u003cem\u003eThe Lemon\u003c\/em\u003e (novel), \u003cem\u003eThe Boy Who Set Fire\u003c\/em\u003e (stories), \u003cem\u003eHarmless Poisons, Blameless Sins\u003c\/em\u003e (stories), \u003cem\u003eThe Beach Café \u0026amp; Look \u0026amp; Move On\u003c\/em\u003e (autobiography) and \u003cem\u003eThe Big Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e (novella). After moving back to Tangier after living in New York for four years, Mrabet resumed his role as a fisherman and began painting. He continues to paint while living in the Souani area of Tangier.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45085179347095,"sku":"9780872860346","price":626.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780872860346.webp?v=1767264991","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/m-hashish-9780872860346","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}