The Official Mohammed Mrabet Website Mohammed Mrabet: 'The Beach Cafe & The Voice' (1980) Edited & translated by Paul Bowles. About this Book The beach cafe is kept by a preposterously deceitful old man. The voice talks a youth into doing its evil work until he destroys it with boiling water (and gains a bride into the bargain). These two short works continue the prolific collaboration between Moroccan author Mohammed Mrabet and his American translator. If Mrabet's laconic style robs the folkloric 'Voice' of interest, it creates in 'The Beach Cafe' a biting portrait well worth the price of this handsome volume. . -- Grove Koger, Boise P.L., Idaho [This is an uncorrected proof of a review scheduled for Library Journal, June 1, 1980.]     First US Edition: 'The Beach Cafe & The Voice' Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First edition in cloth. Signed by Mrabet and Bowles. Limited Edition of 26. Handbound by Earle Gray. Includes an ink drawing by Mrabet (as above), tipped onto a preliminary page and signed underneath the bird. Also includes a portrait of Mohammed Mrabet. 'The Beach Cafe & The Voice' Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980 First edition in paper wrappers 'Beach Café' A film on DVD based on the book 'The Beach Café & The Voice' by Mohammed Mrabet The Official Mohammed Mrabet Website Copyright Notice This page and all related linked pages is the work of The Official Mohammed Mrabet Website and is copyright to Mohammed Mrabet, Simon Hamelin, Josie and David Farmer and contributors This website is online by the personal request and permission of Mohammed Mrabet The Official Mohammed Mrabet Website, ©2007