For Bread Alone
The cover of the novel | |
| Author | Mohammed Choukri |
|---|---|
| Original title | الخُبْزُ الحَافِي |
| Translator | Paul Bowles |
| Language | Arabic |
| Genre | Autobiography |
| Published | 1982 |
| Publication place | Morocco |
For Bread Alone (Arabic: الخبز الحافي, al-Khubz al-Hafi) is a controversial autobiographical work by Mohammed Choukri. It was written in Arabic in 1972 and translated into English by Paul Bowles in 1973. In 1980, it was published in French as Le Pain Nu in a translation by Tahar Ben Jelloun. The novel has been translated into 39 foreign languages and adapted into a French graphic novel by Abdelaziz Mouride.