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Die Schuld Des Tages An Die Nacht: Roman
Nach einem halben Jahrhundert trifft Jonas noch einmal die Freunde aus Jugendtagen. Er blickt zurück auf sein Leben und die bewegte Geschichte seiner Heimat Algerien. Unter dem arabischen Namen Younes wird er auf der Nachtseite des Schicksals geboren, als Jonas wächst er im europäischen Viertel der Küstenstadt Rio Salado auf. Dort begegnet er der schönen Französin É...more
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2010
by Ullstein
(first published 2008)
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On the surface, this is an agonizingly thin story of love and renunciation. The events of the brutal war of liberation and the looming tragedy of the Algerian civil war color the novel, but are not the secret of its compelling inner life. This is a novel of lost love told without nostalgia. It is permeated by the spirit of forgiveness.
Younes/Jonas is a boy without a home, and later a young man without a clear place in the world around him. He stands with a foot in each camp th...more
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am reading this in English- What the Day Owes the Night. this version is v recently published, and there does not seem to be an English entry in Goodreads. Just started yesterday and it seems promising already.
Having read other books by this writer, i have been activelt seeking out his new works. This book is not similar to others Ive read. It is the story of one man In Algeria, his life in the farms, of poverty, migration to the city, liivng in the slums, then his new life with his...more
Having read other books by this writer, i have been activelt seeking out his new works. This book is not similar to others Ive read. It is the story of one man In Algeria, his life in the farms, of poverty, migration to the city, liivng in the slums, then his new life with his...more
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Thinking about it, what I am going to write is not a review. It is just what I felt reading the book.
It is 4:52. I couldn’t stop reading till the last page.
I have never been found of history classes. I always hated dates. I understood history involvement in future, but never got over the idea of talking about famous people who were clearly a “nobody” to me. Let’s just say people I only knew their names, their faces, what they did in history, but I never felt re...more
What the Day Owes the Night
This novel starts on the right track. The first part is so promising and strongly captures the readers’ attention. You feel strongly attached to “Younes” as you drift through his world. The slums, the poor, and the hard working proud father who is trying so hard to provide for his family, and when he fails, he looses his dignity, and runs away from humiliation.
We get to know the Algeria we never new, Algeria before, during and after the revolut...more
This novel starts on the right track. The first part is so promising and strongly captures the readers’ attention. You feel strongly attached to “Younes” as you drift through his world. The slums, the poor, and the hard working proud father who is trying so hard to provide for his family, and when he fails, he looses his dignity, and runs away from humiliation.
We get to know the Algeria we never new, Algeria before, during and after the revolut...more
Overall I really found this book interesting and enjoyable, particularly in the beginning. Having little knowledge of Algerian history this was great insight and it was gripping. However, the second part of the book, set in Rio Salado, lost me as it was endless stories of young, rich group of friends hanging around, falling in love with each other's girls and so on and so forth. It's saving grace is that this frivolous part soon becomes serious. Unfortunately, one's opinion of the main characte...more
Although we learn a lot about the history of Algier in this book, I found the main story of Younes/Jonas unsatisfying. He holds back, torments himself, doesn't find the courage to say yes to the love of his life, until it's too late, way way too late. I found his constant regurgitation of his sorrows to be quite depressing. The event in his life that supposedly kept him prisoner, feels rather insufficient to cause him such incapacity to live. I'm biased, I admit, I like people who despite circum...more
Es gibt Bücher und es gibt Literatur. Letzteres sind für mich gewöhnlich sogenannte Klassiker, Meister der Sprache wie sie heute kaum noch zu finden sind, da das Schreiben wohl Zeit braucht - und auch das Lesen - Zeit, die wohl niemand mehr hat.
Dieses Mal aber habe ich mir Zeit gelassen für ein Buch. Kein Krimi, kein Lückenfüller, einfach mal nur: Literatur. Der Titel verspricht geheimnisvolles, doch lässt nicht ahnen, worum es geht. Die Schuld des Tages an die Nacht heißen die erste...more
Dieses Mal aber habe ich mir Zeit gelassen für ein Buch. Kein Krimi, kein Lückenfüller, einfach mal nur: Literatur. Der Titel verspricht geheimnisvolles, doch lässt nicht ahnen, worum es geht. Die Schuld des Tages an die Nacht heißen die erste...more
En ces années 30, après des années et des années de vaches maigres qui l’avaient conduit à s’endetter jusqu’à hypothéquer la terre ancestrale, Issa voit enfin arriver la récolte qui lui remet le sourire aux lèvres. La récolte qui va lui permettre de sauver ses terres et sa maison avec sa femme, sa fille et son fils dedans ! Après des années de labeur de brute non récompensées, dans la campagne montagneuse de l’arrière-pays oranais, Issa peut enfin rêver le bout du tunnel.
Pourtant, ...more
Pourtant, ...more
Personally this story moved me by the way the writer narrated about how difficult it was to live as a Muslim in that period of time, how sad it is to be separated from your family, how a father had made such sacrifice to give away his own son just to make sure he gets better life and so on.
However, I was expecting that he (main character) will reunite with his lover, but that is the saddest part of the story. When you know that you love somebody but you can't have them.
I will surely...more
However, I was expecting that he (main character) will reunite with his lover, but that is the saddest part of the story. When you know that you love somebody but you can't have them.
I will surely...more
Mich freut es immer wieder, über neue Kulturen und (mir) fremde Länder über eine Geschichte mehr zu erfahren. Die andere Welt wird oftmals einfacher zugänglich als z.B. ein Sachbuch.
Younes/Jonas geht es anfangs wohl nicht anders. Erst übersiedelt der Vater die Familie nach Oran, später wird der Junge seinem Onkel und dessen Frau überlassen, die ihm ein vermeintlich besseres Leben bieten können. Auch die neue Familie stößt auf Schwierigkeiten und er zieht erneut in eine andere Stadt. ...more
Younes/Jonas geht es anfangs wohl nicht anders. Erst übersiedelt der Vater die Familie nach Oran, später wird der Junge seinem Onkel und dessen Frau überlassen, die ihm ein vermeintlich besseres Leben bieten können. Auch die neue Familie stößt auf Schwierigkeiten und er zieht erneut in eine andere Stadt. ...more
Entre brumas, recuerdos, dolores y silencios, una severa historia de amor melancólica y sentida, dando la importancia que corresponde a amistades que perviven más allá de los años y de los enfrentamientos en una Argelia colonial que nos deja un magnífico sabor en los labios.
Muchas gracias a Mohammed Moulessehoul. De verdad.
Muchas gracias a Mohammed Moulessehoul. De verdad.
very interesting historical viewpoint about Algeria's independence through the eyes of an Arab. Built in with love story to keep the history going. I enjoyed both especially the descriptions of the poor.
I loved this book. Such a great read. You can feel the emotions of the subject throughout. I could not put it down until the last paragraph.
I liked the book but it was hard for me to read it in French and it was slow and too descriptive in certain parts. I really enjoyed the first person narrative & the character of Younes, and I liked the way the major action points in the story just arrive, without tons of foreshadowing or big build up -- it's much more like life this way.
Reading this did make me want to read more by the same author, and also did give me more confidence to read in French -- although I think I'll stick...more
Reading this did make me want to read more by the same author, and also did give me more confidence to read in French -- although I think I'll stick...more
Mooi tegen de Algerijnse achtergrond op zoek naar de roots
Superbe roman. Ne pas se baser sur la couverture ni sur le résumé !
L'auteur distille au travers des personnages un grand nombre de valeurs "vraies" et humbles.
La première partie du livre est riche en évènement, la seconde plus statique, et les dernières lignes nous donnent une émotion inattendue. C'est vraiment le fort de cet auteur.
L'auteur distille au travers des personnages un grand nombre de valeurs "vraies" et humbles.
La première partie du livre est riche en évènement, la seconde plus statique, et les dernières lignes nous donnent une émotion inattendue. C'est vraiment le fort de cet auteur.
Une très belle histoire dans l'Algérie d'avant l'indépendance...un parcourt....
Not breath taking.
Pourquoi ce livre a eu tant de succcès? Je ne le comprends pas. A mon avis, c'est un livre "normal" qui n'a pas atteint l'excellence.
Excellemment bien écrit et prenant.
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