Mohammed Mrabet, Abdeslam Boulaich, Mohamed Choukri, Larbi Layachi, Ahmed Yacoubi. 'Five Eyes: stories' (1979) Edited & translated by Paul Bowles Cover art by Mohammed Mrabet About this book: Seventeen tales and sketches by five Moroccans, translated into English by veteran Paul Bowles. Bowles speaks of these stories' 'underlying homogeneity,' but more striking is their variety. Here we have 'The Lute' by Mohammed Mrabet along with Ahmed Jacoubi's surrealistic efflorescence of a tale, 'The Night before thinking,' at the other Larbi Layachi's 'The Half-Brothers,' a bald but cumulatively powerful recital of personal injustice. And somewhere near the middle ground: Mohamed Choukri's disquieting, disorienting 'Sheheriar and Sheherazade.' An unusual collection of substantial merit but somewhat limited interest, for academic and large public libraries. -- Grove Koger, Boise P.L., Idaho [This is an uncorrected proof of a review scheduled for Library Journal, Jan. 15, 1980.] First Edition, USA: 'Five Eyes: Stories' (1979) Black Sparrow Press Original quarter cloth and boards in original acetate dustjacket. 200 copies signed by three of the authors and Bowles 'Five Eyes: Stories' (1979) Black Sparrow Press First edition in paper wrappers. First Edition, France: 'Cinq regards' (1989) C. Bourgois (Chr.Bourgois) Dedicated to the life and work of Paul and Jane Bowles ©The International Paul Bowles Society, 2000