New Books from Materials: Laâbi, Blavi, el-Wardany

Very pleased to announce three new titles from Materials, now available for pre-order from http://material-s.blogspot.com/.They are: —The Eye and the Night, by Abdellatif Laâbi, translated and with a foreword by Howard Slater, with an introduction by scholar Khalid Lyamlahy, a glossary, and Abdellatif Laâbi’s original afterword to the 1982 edition. (We’ve been working on this book, Abdellatif Laâbi’s “literary birth certificate”, for the past three years, so I’m especially pleased to announce it.)—Acacia by Camila Blavi, translated and with an afterword by Will Rowe.—Notes from the Marshes, by Haytham el-Wardany, translated by Wiam El-Tamimi and Yasmin Zohdi.All titles involve translation into English, from French, Spanish, and Arabic.============================================ABDELLATIF LAÂBI—THE EYE AND THE NIGHTTranslated by Howard SlaterPublished October 2026============================================ Available for the first time in English translation, The Eye and the Night was…