Provided Content
Mohamed Leftah’s upcoming memoir ENDLESS FALL: A LITTLE CHRONICLE (Other Press Trade Paperback Original is available for purchase. In this poignant account of a classmate’s suicide, the acclaimed Moroccan author of Demoiselles of Numidia and Captain Ni’mat’s Last Battle, gives both a biting critique of small-town bigotry in the 1960s and a moving tribute to the fleeting beauty of adolescence.
In Settat in the 1960s, when it was still a tiny village, a young man leaped to his death in front of his stunned class and their teacher, left holding a brief, devastating suicide note. Among the students was Mohamed Leftah. Haunted by the uncommon grace of that desperate act, and the tragic image of his body lying in the courtyard, Leftah penned this chronicle of life at the time, marked by repressed desire and shame.
ENDLESS FALL is a fiery yet thoughtful meditation on taboo acts—homosexuality, adultery, suicide—and the hypocrisy and cruelty often found in those who judge them. This powerful queer coming-of-age narrative is perfect for fans of Annie Ernaux and Édouard Louis and offers a fascinating insight into the mind of a seminal writer.
Leftah was a writer and journalist born in Settat, Morocco, in 1946. He attended engineering school in Paris and then returned in 1972 to Morocco, where he became a literary critic for Le Matin du Sahara and Le Temps du Maroc. His novels include the critically acclaimed Demoiselles of Numidia (Other Press, 2023) and Captain Ni’mat’s Last Battle (Other Press, 2022). He died of cancer in 2008.
Eleni Sikelianos is a poet, writer, and Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University. Her work has been widely fêted, translated, and anthologized, garnering numerous honors. Her books include Your Kingdom, Make Yourself Happy, and The Book of Jon. For more information, visit her website, elenisikelianos.com.
- ENDLESS FALL: A Little Chronicle
By Mohamed Leftah - Translated by Eleni Sikelianos
- Other Press Trade Paperback Original
ISBN: 978-1-63542-302-0 - Price: $15.99
