The bridges of Constantine
Mosteghanemi, Ahlem, 1953-2014
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The million-copy bestseller from 'the most successful writer in the Arab world' (}Forbes{); a sweeping love story set in Paris, between a former fighter in Algeria's wars of independence and the daughter of a revolutionary hero. The first in a trilogy. Khaled, a former revolutionary in the Algerian war of liberation has been in self-exile in Paris for two decades, disgusted by the corruption that now riddles the country he once fought for. Now a celebrated painter, Khaled is consumed with passion for Hayat, the daughter of his old revolutionary commander, who unexpectedly reenters Khaled's life. Hayat had been just a child when he last saw her, but she has now become a seductive young novelist. The first novel in an award-winning, bestselling trilogy that spans Algeria's tumultuous recent history, The Bridges of Constantine is a lyrical and heartrending love story.
Main title:
The bridges of Constantine / Ahlem Mosteghanemi ; translated by Raphael Cohen.
Author:
Mosteghanemi, Ahlem, 1953-, authorCohen, Raphael, translator
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Collation:
320 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Arabic.This translation originally published: as Memory in the flesh. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 1999.
ISBN:
9781408856482 (pbk)
Dewey class:
892.737FAF
Local class:
F
Language:
EnglishArabic
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BRN:
2069966
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