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Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar & Marjolijn De Jager
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.Djebar's first work to be published in English, this collection of three long stories, three short ones, and a theoretical postface depicts the plight of urban Algerian women who have thrown off the shackles of colonialism only to face a postcolonial regime that denies and subjugates them even as it celebrates the liberation of men. Denounced in Algeria for its political criticism, Djebar's book quickly sold out its first printing of 15,000 copies in France and was hugely popular in Italy. Her stylistically innovative, lyrical stories address the cloistering of women, the implications of reticence, the connection of language to oppression, and the impact of war on both women and men. The afterword by Clarisse Zimra includes an illuminating interview with Djebar. |
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| Author(s) : Assia Djebar | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0813918804 | ISBN-13 : 9780813918808 |
| RRP : £11.95 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : CARAF Books: Caribbean & African Literature Translated from French S.
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 30/09/1999
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page Length : 224mm
Page Size : 216mm