Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar
This collection of short stories details the plight of urban Algerian women and raises serious issues. The stories criticise the post-colonial regime, for denying and subjugating women whilst celebrating men's liberation. Clarisse Zimra's afterword includes an informing interview with the author.
Algerian-born writer and filmmaker Djebar.. makes her American debut with a collection offering memorable portraits of Arabic women in a time of change. Spanning the years 1958 to 1979, a period when Algeria fought a bitter war of independence from France and experienced a socialist revolution, Djebar's stories are intended to be 'the voice of all the women they've kept walled in' in Islamic society.... As much a critique as a picture of [this] society, Djebar's debut―plus its informative afterword―is an elegant and evocative introduction to a too little-known world." —Kirkus Reviews
"A vivid and poignant picture of what goes on behind the veils imposed by Algeria's Islamic society." —Choice
"Anyone into postcolonial fiction won't find better alternatives, even on a sunny day, than reading Djebar." —Voice Literary Supplement
"A vivid and poignant picture of what goes on behind the veils imposed by Algeria's Islamic society." —Choice
"Anyone into postcolonial fiction won't find better alternatives, even on a sunny day, than reading Djebar." —Voice Literary Supplement
Assia Djebar is also the author of several novels and a play. Her novel Fantasia, an Algerian Cavalcade won the Franco-Arab Friendship Prize and she has written and directed two feature-length films: La nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua, which won first prize at the Venice Festival, and La zerda et les chants de l'oubli. Djebar is director of the Center for French and Francophone Studies at Louisiana State University.
Marjolijn de Jager has published numerous translations of literary works.
Clarisse Zimra is Associate Professor of English in Modern Literary Theory and Criticism and Comparative Literature at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Marjolijn de Jager has published numerous translations of literary works.
Clarisse Zimra is Associate Professor of English in Modern Literary Theory and Criticism and Comparative Literature at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780813918808 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813918804 |
| Title | Women of Algiers in Their Apartment |
| Author | Assia Djebar |
| Series | Caraf Books: Caribbean And African Literature Translated From French |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
| Year published | 1999-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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