This is the second book I've read from Moroccan Abdelkébir Khatibi. The novel is as mentioned in the postface, partly autobiography and partly meditation. First published in 1971, this autobiographic would have been considered orginal at the time, but today too many Moroccan authors from previous decades have written autobiography novels. I've read several Moroccan authors' biopic books and they felt were too literal and similar, especially if the authors were from the same city.
This autobiography is actually indeed different from most thanks to the author's unique writing style. I didn't understand everything, but I still enjoyed reading this very well and creatively written book.