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    <body><![CDATA[<blockquote><em>Once I used to think that going from colloquial Arabic to French would bring a loss of all that was truly alive, of the play of colors. All I wanted to remember then was a sweetness, a nostalgia for words...<br/><br/>Do women live despite this padded sound? This constraint of the veil drawn over b...</em></blockquote><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11775727">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[  I am a fan and a champion of francophone literature from Africa, particularly Magrebine stories by women in Algeria, Morocco, or Tunisia written either during or after the French colonial period.  Assia Djebar is probably the best-known and respected francophone woman author of Algerian origin, al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60656653">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think that Djebar has an interesting point of view and worthwhile things to say. But I either should not have read this in translation or it is just too...postmodern for me.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this djebar book like four years ago, but remember instantly falling in love with her work. existentialista!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as it sreviews - but it does reflect the lives of Algerian women ............]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Beautiful and heartbreaking]]></body>
    
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