Short story books from Algeria
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If you are into short story here are some short story books from Algeria for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Do You Hear in the Mountains... and Other Stories by Maïssa Bey EN
Description:
This new translation brings together two of Algerian author Maïssa Bey's important works for the first time in English. "Do You Hear in the Mountains..." is a compelling piece of autofiction in which three destinies meet dramatically on a train moving through France. We meet an Algerian refugee, whom we recognize as Bey herself. She has escaped the civil war and cannot forget her father's commitment to independence nor his death under the torture of the French soldiers. Sitting near her is a retired doctor whose military service in Algeria coincidentally took him to the same area at the time o... continue