His first volume, Le Chapelet dāambre (1949; āThe Amber Beadsā), consists of 14 short pieces dealing with the lives of those unassimilated into French colonial culture. He wrote of QurʾÄnic students (he had been one in his youth), of donkey drivers, pilgrims, artisans, shopkeepers, vagabonds, and mystics. Aā¦
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