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World Fiction - Algeria -

Related category: Fiction
Related booklists: World Fiction - Africa, World Fiction - North Africa, Algeria,

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 7 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book A Bookshop in Algiers by Kaouther Adimi
    A Bookshop in Algiers - by Kaouther Adimi

    £8.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781788164702 | ISBN 10: 1788164709

    On a quiet backstreet in Algiers is an unremarkable building with a remarkable history...  'A beautiful little novel about books, history, ambition and the importance of literature.' Nick Hornby  'Truly potent ... Adimi confronts us w ... more

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  • Cover image of book Harraga by Boualem Sansal
    Harraga - by Boualem Sansal

    £9.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781408843994 | ISBN 10: 1408843994

    In a crumbling colonial mansion besieged by slums in the old quarter of Algiers, Lamia lives a life of self-imposed isolation, communing only with her ghosts by day, working as a paediatrician by day. Her family are dead, but for her beloved brother ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Bridges of Constantine by Ahlem Mosteghanemi, translated by Raphael Cohen
    The Bridges of Constantine - by Ahlem Mosteghanemi, translated by Raphael Cohen

    £8.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781408856482 | ISBN 10: 1408856484

    Khaled, a former revolutionary in the Algerian war of liberation has been in self-exile in Paris for two decades, disgusted by the corruption that now riddles the country he once fought for. Now a celebrated painter, Khaled is consumed with passion f ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Guillotine Choice by Michael J Malone and Bashir Saoudi
    The Guillotine Choice - by Michael J Malone and Bashir Saoudi

    £8.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781908643407 | ISBN 10: 1908643404

    In 1920s French-controlled Algeria, Kaci is in the frame for the brutal murder of his French boss. He is faced with a stark choice: win freedom by naming the killer and thus condemning him to the guillotine, or keep quiet and face a never-ending sent ... more

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  • Cover image of book What the Day Owes the Night by Yasmina Khadra
    What the Day Owes the Night - by Yasmina Khadra

    £9.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780099540458 | ISBN 10: 0099540452

    A romance and a tale of friendship and identity, set in the harsh yet mystic landscape of Algeria.  'Darling, this is Younes. Yesterday he was my nephew, today he is our son'   Younes' life is changed forever when his poverty-stric ... more

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  • Cover image of book An Unfinished Business by Boualem Sansal, translated from the French by Frank Wynne
    An Unfinished Business - by Boualem Sansal, translated from the French by Frank Wynne

    £7.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781408809440 | ISBN 10: 1408809443

    A major novel that tackles one of the great taboos of Muslim culture – the Shoah.  Rachel and Malrich are the sons of a German father and an Algerian mother. Born in a small village in the Algerian hinterland, they are sent to Paris to be ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Child of an Ancient People by Anour Benmalek
    The Child of an Ancient People - by Anour Benmalek

    £6.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780099453697 | ISBN 10: 009945369x

    It is 1872. Lislei is a young French woman escaping from the bloody turmoil of the Paris commune; Kader is an Arab prince fleeing from the revolt of the Saharan tribesmen in Algeria. Together they succeed in boarding an old sailing ship bound for Aus ... more

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