Algerian White (Paperback)

~ Assia Djebar (Author) "Those dear disappeared: they speak to me..." (more)
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In Algerian White, Assia Djebar gives a chilling firsthand account of religious extremism and intellectual persecution in her native Algeria. She recounts the lives of three of her friends — a psychiatrist, a sociologist, and a playwright — who were killed in the aftermath of the 1956 struggle for independence. But Djebar will not allow her friends to be silenced. Her powerful memoir grows from conversations remembered and imagined with these fallen comrades and reflects on the horrors of war and exile. This is a chilling first-hand account of the religious extremism and intellectual persecution that plagues the author’s homeland. "A hymn to friendship and the enduring power of language, ... also a requiem for a nation’s unfinished literature." — The New York Times

About the Author

Assia Djebar, novelist, scholar, poet, and filmaker, was elected to the Académie Française in 2005, won Germany's Le Prix de la Paix in 2000, and the Neustadt Prize for Contributions to World Literature in 1996. She is a Silver Professor of Francophone literature and civilization at NYU.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583225161
• ISBN-13: 978-1583225165
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #82,204 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars glad to have bought it, May 26, 2003

By	Zeina Bader S. Issa (Kuwait) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Algerian White (Hardcover)

I bought this book hoping to find info about the algerian writers mentioned on the back cover, what I found was more interesting.. detailed info about the turbulance in algeria, personal experiences,stories and very important history of a sister country our arab jounalism failed to report and/or bring to us. I was happy to have bought the book.