false <![CDATA[Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement: Nouvelles (Des femmes du M.L.F. éditent--)]]> 301501 8 Djebar's first work to be published in English, this collection of three long stories, three short ones, and a theoretical post-face depicts the plight of urban Algerian women who have thrown off the shackles of colonialism only to face a posHColonial regime that denies and subjugates them even as it celebrates the liberation of men. Denounced in Algeria for its political criticism, Djebar's book quickly sold out its first printing of 15,000 copies in France and was hugely popular in Italy. Her stylistically innovative, lyrical stories address the cloistering of women, the implications of reticence, the connection of language to oppression, and the impact of war on both women and men. The afterword by Clarisse Zimra includes an illuminating interview with Djebar. 292565 1980 Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (African and Caribbean Literature Translated from French) total:64|5:17|4:23|3:14|2:8|1:2| 64 237 89 6 301501 0813918804 9780813918808 51 5 Women of Algiers in Their Apartment (African and Caribbean Literature Translated from French) 3.70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173543112m/301501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/301501.Women_of_Algiers_in_Their_Apartment 5 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sun Jan 06 07:21:17 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 27 18:54:52 -0800 2009 3 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...

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