world literature and literary criticism - Lynne Rienner Publishers
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Bab el-Oued<br />
A NOVEL<br />
Merzak Allouache,<br />
translated by Angela M. Brewer<br />
“[Bab el-Oued] is not simply the story of the Bab el-Oued district, but<br />
also the story of contemporary postcolonial Algeria.... Algeria’s national<br />
<strong>and</strong> cultural problems are translated in this novel into the daily feelings<br />
<strong>and</strong> concerns of its complex characters.” —SARRA TLILI, MESA BULLETIN<br />
“[Allouache] deftly surveys the embattled populace of a poor section of<br />
Algiers ruled by a platitudinous <strong>and</strong> ingenuous ‘Imam’ <strong>and</strong> rife with<br />
both sexual tension <strong>and</strong> militant Islamic political activity.”<br />
—KIRKUS REVIEWS<br />
Bored housewives, kept in seclusion, smuggling in Harlequin<br />
romances. Young men transformed from thugs in jeans <strong>and</strong> teeshirts<br />
into Islamic militants in beards <strong>and</strong> white robes. A baker<br />
unwittingly caught in a web of intrigue, an imam whose faith is<br />
tested by urban corruption, a lonely divorcee—all take part in<br />
Merzak Allouache’s compelling novel of a society on the brink of<br />
crisis.<br />
1998/134 pages LC: 98-38470<br />
ISBN: 0-89410-859-X hc $32<br />
ISBN: 0-89410-860-3 pb $13.95<br />
No rights in the European Union or the Commonwealth (except Canada)<br />
See pages 33–36 for other<br />
outst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>literature</strong><br />
titles on Africa.<br />
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