by Rashid Boudjedra translated by Andre Naffis-Sahely
Haus Publishing, 2013 Paper: 978-1-906697-42-6 | eISBN: 978-1-906697-41-9 Library of Congress Classification PQ3989.2.B63F5413 2013
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Two old friends find themselves side by side on the flight from Algiers to Constantine. Though bound by shared experiences from their youth, they have lived very different lives. The flight will last an hour, during which both their stories will be told, peppered by anecdotes about Algeria's struggle to release itself from the French colonial grip.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Rashid Boudjedra was born in Aïn Beida, Algeria, in 1941. He interrupted his studies in the late 1950s to join the resistance to French rule and after being wounded, was sent first to Eastern Europe and then to Spain as a representative of the National Liberation Front. After a string of highly successful novels during the 1980s and early 1990s, which saw him compared to Faulkner and García Márquez, Boudjedra decided to stop writing in French in favour of Arabic.
by Rashid Boudjedra translated by Andre Naffis-Sahely
Haus Publishing, 2013 Paper: 978-1-906697-42-6 eISBN: 978-1-906697-41-9
Two old friends find themselves side by side on the flight from Algiers to Constantine. Though bound by shared experiences from their youth, they have lived very different lives. The flight will last an hour, during which both their stories will be told, peppered by anecdotes about Algeria's struggle to release itself from the French colonial grip.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Rashid Boudjedra was born in Aïn Beida, Algeria, in 1941. He interrupted his studies in the late 1950s to join the resistance to French rule and after being wounded, was sent first to Eastern Europe and then to Spain as a representative of the National Liberation Front. After a string of highly successful novels during the 1980s and early 1990s, which saw him compared to Faulkner and García Márquez, Boudjedra decided to stop writing in French in favour of Arabic.