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Nina Bouraoui
A haunting, lyrical French bestseller set in Paris and Algiers about desire, shame and violence
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Rosie MacLachlan
Author of numerous books since 1991 and winner of the 2005 Prix Renaudot, Nina Bouraoui persistently explores the question of self-expression in her work. This study of Bouraoui’s work examines…
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Salif Diambessi
In the 1970s, Algerians had resolved to break with the values of the former French occupation, among others, the equality of the sexes, to express their nationalism by returning to…
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Helen Vassallo
The Body Beseiged: The Embodiment of Historical Memory in Nina Bouraoui and Leila Sebbar by Helen Vassallo analyzes the enduring legacy of the Algerian War of Independence by setting in…
In Algeria, Mme Akli is a possessive mother in conflict with her own sexuality in a country that feels alien to her.
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In this semiautobiographical novel, the young French Algerian author Nina Bouraoui introduces us to a girl who feels that Algeria is the country of men. Her childhood years spent in…
