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L'Amour, la fantasia (Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade) (French Edition)
L'Amour la fantasia - Fantasia: An Algerian Cavalcade - French Edition Author:Assia Djebar Ce roman inaugure un cycle intitulé "Le Quatuor d'Alger". L'histoire débute en juin 1830, date de la prise d'Alger par la flotte française. Suivent vingt années de lutte, que domine la figure de l'émir Abdelkader. Puis vient le temps d'une suprématie française sans pa... more »rtage. Ces scènes d'histoire alternent avec le récit de la propre enfance de la narratrice, dans un village du Sahel. Autour d'elles, un monde de femmes cloîtrées rêvent à d'inaccessibles rencontres amoureuses...
In this stunning novel, Assia Djebar intertwines the history of her native Algeria with episodes from the life of a young girl in a story stretching from the French conquest in 1830 to the War of Liberation of the 1950s. The girl, growing up in the old Roman coastal town of Cherchel, sees her life in contrast to that of a neighboring French family, and yearns for more than law and tradition allow her to experience. Headstrong and passionate, she escapes from the cloistered life of her family to join her brother in the maquis' fight against French domination. Djebar's exceptional descriptive powers bring to life the experiences of girls and women caught up in the dual struggle for independence -- both their own and Algeria's.