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Makbara - Goytisolo, Juan, and Lane, Helen (Translated by)
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In Arabic, the word 'Makbara' refers to those parts of North African cemeteries where young couples go to get away from their elders and hang out. A celebration of Amour Fou, Makbara reveals Goytisolo's deep love for Arabic culture seen as sensuous and lewd in contrast to the drab sterility of the West. In a series of scenes, pastiches and travelling shots, Goytisolo exposes cultural, sexual and political oppression. The author's message is of liberation through sex which, as he says, 'is above all freedom'.

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Makbara 2008, Dalkey Archive Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781564785060

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Makbara 1994, Serpent's Tail, London, England

ISBN-13: 9781852422660

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Makbara 1981, Seaver Books :: distributed by Grove Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780865790148