Contents

Introduction by Jim Moore

From The Reign of Barbarism (1976)

The Eye of the Talisman

Glory to Our Executioners

Urgent Life

From The Poem Beneath the Gag (1981)

Chronicles from the Citadel of Exile

Prison Cell

Death

The Stroll

Hunger Strike

The Policeman’s Speech

Fou r Ye a r s

Freedom

To My Son Yacine

Letter to My Friends Overseas  x i

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