A Culture Stillborn
Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff
1973
It is possible to see the promise of a beginning of Levantine literature—rooted in the realities of the Middle East and influenced by European culture—in Le livre de Goha le Simple [Goha the Fool] by Albert Adès and Albert Josipovici. This sad and cynical love story, which employs the prototype of Goha, the hero of many Middle Eastern tales…
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