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Algerian White: A Narrative | Assia Djebar

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Translated by Marjolijn de Jager & David Kelley A hymn to friendship and the enduring power of language, [Algerian White] is also a requiem for a nation's unfinished literature' - New York Times 'Assia Djebar...has given weeping its words and longing its lyrics' - World Literature Today Weaving a tapestry of the epic and bloody ongoing struggle in Algeria between Islamic fundamentalism and the post-colonial civil society, Djebar describes with unerring accuracy and a ghostly presence the lives and deaths of those writers and intellectuals whose contributions were cut short.'

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Algerian White: A Narrative | Assia Djebar

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This book reminded me of the poems by Noureddine Aba (one featured on the picture).
This list by Assia Djebar of all the Algerian writers who died, for the most part assassinated, is long and moving. She talks about their deaths, but also about their lives, their ideals. Her writing can be sometimes confusing, but I liked it nonetheless. Thanks to this book, I want to read more books by the writers she mentioned... So much more to discover!!!

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