Books set in Algeria (48)
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The Sexual Life of an Islamist in Paris by Leïla Marouane EN
TunisiaDescription:
"An eloquent work that explores complex social, ethnic, religious, and psychological issues with great sensitivity."---The French Review --Book Jacket.
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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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The Stranger by Albert Camus EN
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With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus's masterpiece—gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. With an Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie; translated by Matthew Ward. Behind the subterfuge, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd" and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. “The Stranger is a strikingly modern text and Matthew Ward’s translation will enable readers to appreciate why Camus’s st... continue
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The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry : Algerian Stories by Assia Djebar EN
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What happens when catastrophe becomes an everyday occurrence? Each of the seven stories in Assia Djebar’s The Tongue’s Blood Does Not Run Dry reaches into the void where normal and impossible realities coexist. All the stories were written in 1995 and 1996—a time when, by official accounts, some two hundred thousand Algerians were killed in Islamist assassinations and government army reprisals. Each story grew from a real conversation on the streets of Paris between the author and fellow Algerians about what was happening in their native land. Contemporary events are joined on the page by clas... continue
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Vaste est la prison : roman by Assia Djebar FR
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" Vaste est la prison qui m'écrase ", dit la complainte berbère qui ouvre ce roman sur l'Algérie des femmes d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. Comme dans le présent algérien s'entremêlent ici des tragédies, des passions et des mutations, celles de femmes presque toujours en mouvement : la narratrice dans le désert et le silence d'une passion amoureuse, l'aïeule qui à quatorze ans épouse un riche septuagénaire, la mère quittant le voile pour rendre visite en France à son fils prisonnier politique, et tant d'autres figures féminines peintes comme des " fugitives et ne le sachant pas ", improvisant leurs c... 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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Zabor by Kamel Daoud NL
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'Zabor' is een vertelling en duizelingwekkende bekentenis ineen, waarin het belang van fictie op schitterende wijze verbeeld wordt. Kamel Daoud – Zabor In ‘Zabor’ van Kamel Daoud, auteur van de internationale bestseller ‘Moussa of de dood van een Arabier’, neemt de jonge Algerijnse Zabor, met een overleden moeder enerzijds en een vader die hem heeft verstoten anderzijds, zijn toevlucht tot het lezen van boeken. Franse boeken, die niet alleen door de taal maar ook door de veelzijdige thema’s een nieuwe wereld aan hem openbaren. Zabor is er altijd van overtuigd geweest dat hij een gave heeft: zo... continue