In this stunning novel, Assia Djebar intertwines the history of Algeria with episodes from the life of a young girl in a story stretching from the French conquest in 1830 to the War of Liberation of the 1950s. The girl sees her life in contrast to that of a neighboring French family, and yearns for more experience. Djebar's exceptional descriptive powers bring to life the experiences of girls and women caught up in the dual struggle for independence--both their own and Algeria's.
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