Historical fiction books set in Algeria (12)
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Nedjma by Kateb Yacine EN
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Nedjma is a masterpiece of North African writing. Its intricate plot involves four men in love with the beautiful woman whose name serves as the title of the novel. Nedjma is the central figure of this disorienting novel, but more than the unfortunate wife of a man she does not love, more than the unwilling cause of rivalry among many suitors, Nedjma is the symbol of Algeria. Kateb has crafted a novel that is the saga of the founding ancestors of Algeria through the conquest of Numidia by the Romans, the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, and French colonial conquest. Nedjma is symbolic of the r... continue
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A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi EN
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'A beautiful little novel about books, history, ambition and the importance of literature.'Nick Hornby'Truly potent ... Adimi confronts us with episodes that are simply never spoken of in France' The New York Times Book ReviewIn 1936, a young dreamer named Edmond Charlot opened a modest bookshop in Algiers. Once the heart of Algerian cultural life, where Camus launched his first book and the Free French printed propaganda during the war, Charlot's beloved bookshop has been closed for decades, living on as a government lending library. Now it is to be shuttered forever. But as a young man named... continue
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What the Day Owes the Night by Yasmina Khadra EN
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As a young man Younes' life is irrevocably changed when he leaves his broken home for the vibrant, colourful and affluent European district of Rio Salado. Renamed Jonas, he begins a new life and forges a unique friendship with a group of boys, an enduring bond that nothing - not even the Algerian Revolt - will shake.
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The Angels Die by Yasmina Khadra EN
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"A writer who can understand man wherever he is."--The New York Times "Khadra's prose is gentle and precise."--The New Yorker As a child living in a ghetto, Turambo dreamt of a better future. When his family find a home in the city anything seems possible. Through a succession of menial jobs, the constants for Turambo are rage at the injustice surrounding him, and a reliable left hook. A boxing apprenticeship offers Turambo a choice. Yasmina Khadra is the pen name of the Algerian author Mohammed Moulessehoul. He is the author of more than twenty novels, including The Swallows of Kabul.
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Our Riches by Kaouther Adimi EN
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The powerful English debut of a rising young French star, Our Riches is a marvelous, surprising, hybrid novel about a beloved Algerian bookshop A Library Journal Best Book of the Year Finalist for the PEN Translation Prize Winner of the French American Foundation Prize
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L'amour, la fantasia : roman by Assia Djebar FR
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Nous glissons du passé lointain au passé proche, de la troisième personne, à la première ; extraordinaire évocation du père, instituteur de français, de la mère, des cousines, des femmes cloîtrées vives et dont le cri et l'amour nous poursuivent. Assia Djebar, sans conteste la plus grande romancière du Maghreb, nous donne ici son œuvre la plus aboutie.
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Children of the New World : A Novel of the Algerian War by Assia Djebar EN
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A compelling war novel, as seen by women, sheds light on the current Iraq conflict.
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La femme sans sépulture by Assia Djebar FR
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La Femme sans sépulture, c'est Zoulikha, héroïne oubliée de la guerre d'Algérie, montée au maquis au printemps 1957 et portée disparue deux ans plus tard, après son arrestation par l'armée française. Femme exceptionnelle, si vivante dans sa réalité de mère, d'amante, d'amie, d'opposante politique, dans son engagement absolu et douloureux, dans sa démarche de liberté qui scelle sa vie depuis l'enfance et qui ne l'a jamais quittée, sa présence irradiante flotte à jamais au-dessus de Césarée... Autour de Zoulikha s'animent d'autres figures de l'ombre, paysannes autant que citadines, vivant au quo... continue
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De boekhandel van Algiers by Kaouther Adimi NL
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Drie met elkaar verbonden verhalen: de liefde voor literatuur in een leenboekwinkeltje in Algiers, de Algerijnse gschiedenis tussen 1930 en 2017 en hoe de situatie nu wordt gezien door Ryad uit Parijs.
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The Stars of Algiers by Aziz Chouaki EN
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"The Star of Algiers powerfully depicts youth in distress, caught between the lure of the West and the mosque." —BIBA "We share his stage fright before each new gig. We are fired with his boundless energy. And once we've taken off, we come crashing down with him . . . Everything is human, alive and transparent." —Elle, France Moussa Massy's ambitions extend far beyond the three-room apartment he shares with the other thirteen members of his family in Algiers. A gifted performer of modern Kabyle song, he is as inspired by Prince and Michael Jackson as he is by Arab and Algerian traditional musi... continue
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Les sirènes de Bagdad by Yasmina Khadra FR
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A young boy arrives in the capital, Baghdad. His university life has barely begun when the US military bombards him. Forced to leave the once bustling city and the girl he's fallen in love with, he returns to a poor village deep in the desert. However, war relentlessly pursues him. US forces raid this simple village in the dead of night, hunting down terrorists and killing and humiliating his father in front of his terrified family. With his dignity shattered, the young man leaves his home alone for Baghdad, seeking ultimate revenge.
In her novel, Yasmina Khadeha depicts the rapidly ch... continue