December 05, 2006

On My Nightstand

pennell.jpegThis week I am reading C. R. Pennell's Morocco Since 1830. The text could have used a more thorough editing (pronoun references are a bit sloppy, for instance) but I am finding the book very instructive. It's also depressing, quite frankly, to read about the period during which the country fell slowly and surely under foreign control. I hope to finish it this week, and move on to something a bit more literary.

posted by Laila Lalami at 02:21 AM