Memory in the Flesh

This prize-winning novel, the first to be written by an Algerian woman in Arabic, is concerned with Algeria's struggle against foreign domination as well as its post-independence struggle with itself and the fate of revolutionary ideals in a post-revolutionary society.The story, spanning more than four decades of Algerian history, from the 1940s to the 1980s, revolves around a love affair between Khaled, the middle-aged militant who turns to painting after losing his left arm in the struggle, an...

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milenat3 ноября 2022 г.
…novels are just the letters and greeting cards we write for no special purpose; where we reveal the climate of our souls for those who care to take any interest in us.
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milenat3 ноября 2022 г.
Some newspapers sell you the same pictures on their front page every day, adding just a new twist. Some papers sell you the same lies every day in a less intelligent way. Others sell you a ticket to escape from your own world — nothing more than that.
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milenat3 ноября 2022 г.
…much blood and little sensitivity.
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