Les hauteurs de la ville
Set in Algeria, the novel follows Smail as humiliation and anger spread through the reality of colonial rule. In a restrained style, it watches the moment when private feeling and historical violence begin to overlap.
colonial Algeriadignity and humiliationyouthful revolthistorical violence
Work Information
A young man's anger at humiliation begins to echo the larger violence of his time.
This 2012 reissue, introduced by Louis Gardel, returns to a work written in 1946-47. With a concise and forceful style, it follows the unrest and resistance of young Algerians while quietly bringing the tensions and violence of colonial society into view.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Seuil
- Published
- 2012-06-07
- Language
- フランス語
- Size
- 14 x 2 x 20.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9782021081060
- ISBN-10
- 2021081060
- Price
- 3799 JPY
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Related Literary Awards
- Prix Femina Edition 45 (1948) ・Winner