Memory in the flesh
Mosteghanemi, Ahlem, 1953-2008
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'Memory in the Flesh' centres on Algeria's struggle against foreign domination, capturing four decades of that nation's tumultuous history.Memory in the Flesh, the first novel written by an Algerian woman to become a bestseller in Arabic, centres on Algeria's struggle against foreign domination, capturing four decades of that nation's tumultuous history. This award-winning novel is told in the narrative voice of Khaled, a former revolutionary and painter who has lost his left arm in the struggle against France, and centres upon his love affair with the novelist Hayat, a woman many years his junior and the daughter of his former commander.
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Memory in the flesh / Ahlam Mosteghanemi ; translated by Baria Ahmar Sreih ; revised translation by Peter Clark.
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London : Arabia Books, 2008.
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262 p. ; 20 cm.
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Formerly CIP. UkTranslated from the Arabic.
ISBN:
9781906697044 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishArabic
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BRN:
1005054
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