false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166491047m/12050.jpg 12050 1 <P>These are four tales of contemporary life in a land where cannabis, rather than alcohol, customarily provides a way out of the phenomenological world. Thus, of the men in these stories, Salam uses suggestions supplied by smoking kif to rid himself of a possible enemy. He of the Assembly catches himself up in the mesh of his own kif-dream and begins to act it out in reality; Idir's victory over Lahcen is the classical story of the kif-smoker's ability to outwit the drinker. Driss the soldier, with aid of kif, proves the existence of magic to his enlightened superior officer. For all of them the kif-pipe is the means to attaining a state of communication not only with others but above all with themselves.</P> 14401 1 4 1981 A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard total:91|5:34|4:29|3:23|2:5|1:0| 91 365 114 9 5 2 false false Thu Sep 20 22:32:02 -0700 2007 Thu May 01 15:13:14 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Sun Jan 27 19:15:34 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 19:16:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 18:58:43 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 16:05:07 -0700 2008 This is my first reading of any of Paul Bowles work and I must say that I am both impressed and entertained. 100 camels in a courtyard is a collection of four short stories where Paul experiments with his writing. In the preface he presents eight or nine scenarios or events/quotes and from t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 10 10:01:19 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 10:02:24 -0700 2009 2 1 false false Wed Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 19 07:41:26 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 07:44:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 14:41:39 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 15:08:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 02 08:30:09 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 08:30:50 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jul 03 15:16:52 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 15:17:06 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue Jun 10 18:42:14 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 18:42:24 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 06:31:07 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 06:31:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Wed Nov 04 07:00:18 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 07:00:34 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 17:38:39 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 17:38:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 02:42:19 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 02:42:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 12:55:12 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 12:55:14 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 29 14:06:12 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 14:06:12 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 16:59:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 16:59:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 27 14:09:22 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 14:09:22 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 28 07:01:14 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 07:01:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Aug 25 13:38:34 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 13:38:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 09:40:54 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 09:40:54 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=12050