from: Ordeal by Bow, by Habib Tengour (translated by Pierre Joris)

from: Ordeal by Bow By Habib Tengour   translated by Pierre Joris   (…) We’d wall ourselves into these beer halls — the Ya-Sin Brewery, the Peepers, Chez Abu Nuwas, the Four Arts — close by the university, or into the Eighth Wonder, a passable dive where the kemia were varied, not far from the National Library, very late after legal closing hours. Every evening the same evening… … Continue reading from: Ordeal by Bow, by Habib Tengour (translated by Pierre Joris)