Amin Zaoui. Les Gens du parfum.(Book Review) From: World Literature Today | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: Volet, Jean-Marie | COPYRIGHT 2004 University of Oklahoma. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Amin Zaoui. Les Gens du parfum. Paris. Le Serpent a Plumes. 2003. 176 pages. 15 [euro]. ISBN 2-84261-388-0

"J'ECRIS POUR ME LIBERER" (I write to liberate myself), Algerian novelist Amin Zaoui said in explaining his literary drive and critical examination of both self and others, personal weaknesses and collectivity's excesses in a society that, in the name of God, has slid toward despotism. Thus the influence of the author's own life experiences and preoccupation with th...