Memory in the Flesh

Name: Memory in the Flesh
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ISBN: 9789774247347

ISBN-10: 9774247345

ISBN-13: 9789774247347

Edition: N/A

Authors: Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Peter Clark, Peter Clark

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This prize-winning novel, the first to be written by an Algerian woman in Arabic, is concerned with Algeria's struggle against foreign domination as well as its post-independence struggle with itself and the fate of revolutionary ideals in a post-revolutionary society. The story, spanning more than four decades of Algerian history, from the 1940s to the 1980s, revolves around a love affair between Khaled, the middle-aged militant who turns to painting after losing his left arm in the struggle, and the fiction writer and young daughter of his friend the freedom fighter Si Taher, all brilliantly told through Khaled's voice. It was features such as this convincing embodiment of a male voice…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Publication date: 10/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Algerian novelist and poet Ahlem Mosteghanemi is the bestselling female author in the Arab world. She has 6 million followers on Facebook and was ranked in the top ten most influential women in the Middle East by Forbes in 2006. The previous book in her trilogy of bestselling novels, The Bridges of Constantine, was published by Bloomsbury in 2013, and has been translated into several languages and adapted into a television series.