Algeria

Books in this genre are set in or about Algeria.

Algeria is a North African country with a Mediterranean coastline and a Saharan desert interior. Many empires have left legacies here, such as the ancient Roman ruins in seaside Tipaza. In the capital, Algiers, Ottoman landmarks like circa-1612 Ketchaoua Mosque line the hillside Casbah quarter, with its narrow alleys and stairways. The city’s Neo-Byzantine basilica Notre Dame d’Afrique dates to French colonial rule.

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Houris
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The Plague
The Meursault Investigation
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Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
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L'Art de perdre
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Children of the New World
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Tour d'Afrique
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Benarrioua Aniss
Now I give this rascal weight from off my head The pride of a streetborn artist from off my chest With my own hands I renounce my earthly claims With my own sins I ink this very book In this vaudevillian theater we’ve all had our plays Of wisdom, folly, love songs and lamentations of twin flames
Benarrioua Aniss, Sins of Algiers

Amin Maalouf
You could read a dozen large tomes on the history of Islam from its very beginnings and you still wouldn't understand what is going on in Algeria. But read 30 pages on colonialism and decolonisation and then you'll understand quite a lot. ...more
Amin Maalouf, In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong

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