Leà la Sebbar's novel recounts an event in French history that has been hidden for many years. Mildred Mortimer's impressive translation conveys the power of Sebbar's words in English and allows English-speaking readers an opportunity to understand the complex relationship between past and present, metropole and colony, immigrant and citizen, that lies at the heart of this acclaimed novel.
Leà la Sebbar's novel recounts an event in French history that has been hidden for many years. Mildred Mortimer's impressive translation conveys the power of Sebbar's words in English and allows English-speaking readers an opportunity to understand the complex relationship between past and present, metropole and colony, immigrant and citizen, that lies at the heart of this acclaimed novel.
Leïla Sebbar is one of the French-speaking world's most important writers. Her novels include Shérazade, Marguerite, La jeune fille au balcon, and Soldats. She was born in Algeria and lives in Paris, France. Mildred Mortimer is Professor of French at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She has translated Leïla Sebbar's Le Silence des Rives/Silence on the Shores and has written several works on North African literature, including Maghrebian Mosaic: A Literature in Transition and Journeys through the French African Novel. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Unearthing Hidden History by Mildred Mortimer Nanterre. Amel. October 1996 Paris Flora and Mina Louis. Rue de La Santé Nanterre. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 The Owner of the Atlas Café Nanterre. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 Papon's Harki Flora Louis Défense. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 The Algerian Rescued from the Water République. Amel and Omer October 1961 The Owner of the Goutte d'Or Café. Barbès Flora Louis Flora Louis Place de la Concorde. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 The French Lover Louis Bonne Nouvelle. Amel and Omer October 30, 1961 The French Student Flora Saint-Michel. Amel and Omer The Mother October 17, 1961 The Bookseller of Rue Saint-Séverin Louis Orly. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 The Cop at Clichy Louis Alexandria. Amel and Omer. Louis Notes Bibliography
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Unearthing Hidden History by Mildred Mortimer Nanterre. Amel. October 1996 Paris Flora and Mina Louis. Rue de La Santé Nanterre. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 The Owner of the Atlas Café Nanterre. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 Papon's Harki Flora Louis Défense. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 The Algerian Rescued from the Water République. Amel and Omer October 1961 The Owner of the Goutte d'Or Café. Barbès Flora Louis Flora Louis Place de la Concorde. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 The French Lover Louis Bonne Nouvelle. Amel and Omer October 30, 1961 The French Student Flora Saint-Michel. Amel and Omer The Mother October 17, 1961 The Bookseller of Rue Saint-Séverin Louis Orly. Amel and Omer The Mother October 1961 The Cop at Clichy Louis Alexandria. Amel and Omer. Louis Notes Bibliography
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