The Pillar of Salt
By (author): "Edouard Roditi, Albert Memmi"
Publish Date:
1953
ISBN0807083275
ISBN139780807083277
AsinThe Pillar of Salt
Original titleLa statue de sel
Originally published in 1953 (in English in 1955), The Pillar of Salt the semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in French colonized Tunisia. To gain access to privileged French society, he must reject his many identities – Jew, Arab, and African. But, on the eve of World War II, he is forced to come to terms with his loyalties and his past.