Algerian White: A Narrative

Author: Assia Djebar,Marjolijn De Jager,Marjolijn de Jager
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Category: Biography: General, Biography: Literary, Memoirs, African History, Postwar 20th Century History, From C 1945 To C 2000
Book Format: Hardcover

At times strikingly lucid, at others stirringly implicated, this history of Algeria from its 1956 struggle for independence to the present day, records the horrors of civil war and the complex social and political issues that have drowned the country in bloodshed. Living in exile, Djebar expresses her guilt for fleeing murder when so many of her colleagues have been killed and, in a work that is part history and part memoir, expresses universal truths about the pain of loss 'A hymn to friendship and the power of language' The New York Times

About 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 École Normale Supérieure, and the first writer from the Maghreb to be admitted to the Académie Française.

(BK-9781583220504)

SKU BK-9781583220504
Barcode # 9781583220504
Brand Seven Stories Press
Artist / Author Assia Djebar, Marjolijn De Jager, Marjolijn de Jager
Shipping Weight 0.4600kg
Shipping Width 0.160m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.240m
Assembled Length 23.600m
Assembled Height 2.100m
Assembled Width 16.000m
Type Hardcover

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