# In Praise of Defeat

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- Book: [In Praise of Defeat](https://www.bookquiver.com/abdellatif-laabi/in-praise-of-defeat) ([In Praise of Defeat.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/abdellatif-laabi/in-praise-of-defeat.md))
- Authors: [Abdellatif Laabi](https://www.bookquiver.com/abdellatif-laabi), [Donald Nicholson-Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-nicholson-smith)
- Publisher: archipelago
- ISBN: 978-09-1467-159-6
- Pages: 800
- Published: 2017-01-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

One of the central writers and thinkers in contemporary Maghreb letters and banned by the Moroccan government, Abdellatif Laabi's poetry is increasingly influential on the international scene and spans...