Algerian White
A Narrative
$32.16
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2011
Summary
In Algerian White, Assia Djebar weaves a tapestry of the epic and bloody ongoing struggle in her country between Islamic fundamentalism and the post-colonial civil society. Many Algerian writers and intellectuals have died tragically and violently since the 1956 struggle for independence. They include three beloved friends of Djebar- Mahfoud Boucebi, a psychiatrist; M’Hamed Boukhobza, a sociologist; and Abdelkader Alloula, a dramatist; as well as Albert Camus. In Algerian White, Djebar finds …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583225165 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583225161 |
| Author: | Assia Djebar |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 326g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 153mm |
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“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.” - William Gass, World Literature Today
About The Author
Assia Djebar
A beloved author, translator, and filmmaker,Assia Djebar(1936-2015) was born Fatima-Zohra Imalayen in the Algerian town of Cherchell. Her novels and poems boldly faced the challenges and struggles she knew as a feminist living under patriarchy, and as an intellectual living under colonialism and its aftermath. Djebar’s writing, marked by a regal unwillingness to compromise in the face of ethical, linguistic, and narrative complexities, attracted devoted followers around the world, and received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Venice International Critics’ Prize, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the Yourcenar Prize, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, and a knighthood in France’s Legion of Honor. She was the first Algerian woman to be admitted to France’s prestigious cole Normale Superieure, and the first writer from the Maghreb to be admitted to theAcademie Fran aise.
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