A young revolutionary plants a bomb in a factory on the outskirts
of Algiers during the Algerian War. The bomb is timed to explode
after work hours, so no one will be hurt. But the authorities have
been watching. He is caught, the bomb is defused, and he is
tortured, tried in a day and sentenced to death by guillotine. A
routine event, perhaps, in a brutal conflict that ended the lives
of more than a million Muslim Algerians. But what if the militant
is a "pied-noir"? What if his lover is a Jewish survivor of the
Holocaust? What happens to a "European" who chooses the side of
anti-colonialism? By turns lyrical, meditative, and
heart-stoppingly suspenseful, this debut novel by Joseph Andras,
based on a true story, was a literary and political sensation in
France, winning the Prix Goncourt for First Novel and being
acclaimed by Le Monde as "vibrantly lyrical and somber" and by the
journal La Croix as a "masterpiece".
General
Imprint: |
Verso Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2021 |
Authors: |
Joseph Andras
|
Dimensions: |
199 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
144 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78873-871-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-78873-871-3 |
Barcode: |
9781788738712 |
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