Description |
233 pages ; 22 cm. |
Series |
Women writing the Middle East |
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Women writing the Middle East.
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Summary |
"The internationally acclaimed writer Assia Djebar portrays the interlocking lives of women and men in an Algerian mountain town, plunged into a protracted anti-colonial struggle against France in the 1950s. Children of the New World, written one year before Algerian independence, reveals the escalating conflict from the perspectives of a variety of characters - traditional wives, radicalized students, and political organizers. In the novel, the desperate conflict transforms women's lives, drawing them inexorably from the private world of the home into a war for their community's liberation"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Death begins and ends Djebar's moving, mesmerizing account of the Algerian war of independence. Using the interaction of several characters over the course of a single day in a small mountain town, Djebar shows how the fight against French colonialism pitted woman against man and brother against brother. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Cherifa -- Lila -- Salima -- Touma -- Hakim -- Hassiba -- Khaled -- Bob -- Ali. |
Subject |
Algeria -- Fiction.
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Algeria. (OCoLC)fst01205459
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Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Added Author |
De Jager, Marjolijn.
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Added Title |
Enfants du nouveau monde. English
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ISBN |
9781558615106 (pbk.) |
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1558615105 (pbk.) |
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9781558615113 (cloth) |
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1558615113 (cloth) |
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