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Set in Algeria between the two world wars, this is the story of one man's rise from abject poverty to a life of wealth and adulation, as a boxer. The author has sales of 3 million in 42 countries, and has lived through the Algerian civil war, giving him an inside view on global conflict, religious intolerance and prejudice. From the author of "The African Equation" and "The Dictator's Last Night".

Una giovane studentessa viene assassinata nella foresta di Bainem, alle porte di Algeri. E "nuda dalla testa ai piedi. E bella come solo una fata fuggita dalla tela di un artista [...]. Mirabilmente truccata, con i capelli costellati di pagliuzze luccicanti, si direbbe che la tragedia l'abbia colta di sorpresa nel bel mezzo di un banchetto nuziale". Intorno a lei il mondo, la città, si risveglia. Invece, "la Bella Addormentata ha chiuso con le...

Il colonnello Gheddafi trascorre nel tormento le sue ultime ore. Abbandonato da tutti, assalito dai dubbi, si è reso conto troppo tardi della devastazione in cui versa il suo paese, e adesso la solitudine lo costringe a guardarsi dentro e a ripercorrere nella memoria la propria vita. La megalomania l'ha spinto a credere di poter incarnare la sua stessa nazione, convinto che da sovrano assoluto potesse regnare liberamente. Narcisista ed esubera...

From the bestselling author of The Swallows of Kabul comes this timely and haunting novel that powerfully illuminates the devastating human costs of terrorism.Dr. Amin Jaafari is an Arab-Israeli surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. As an admired and respected member of his community, he has carved a space for himself and his wife, Sihem, at the crossroads of two troubled societies. Jaafari's world is abruptly shattered when Sihem is killed in a ...

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Alors que Younes a neuf ans, il est confi son oncle, un pharmacien parfaitement intgr la communaut pied-noir d?une petite ville de l?Oranais. Rebaptis Jonas, il grandit parmi les jeunes colons dont il devient insparable. La rvolte algrienne sera, pour lui, fratricide. Yasmina Khadra claire d?un nouveau jour ce conflit de deux peuples amoureux d?un mme pays.La voix d?Andr Pauwels traverse le temps pour faire revivre une Algrie cartele.

After witnessing American soldiers kill innocents, a young Iraqi man becomes consumed with the desire for revenge and falls in with a terrorist group, where he must struggle to reconcile his mission with his moral principles.

After witnessing American soldiers kill innocents, a young Iraqi man becomes consumed with the desire for revenge and falls in with a terrorist group, where he must struggle to reconcile his mission with his moral principles.

Dr. Amin Jaafari, an Arab-Israeli citizen, is a respected, dedicated surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. He has learned to live with the violence that plagues his city and works tirelessly to help the victims brought to the emergency room. But one night, a deadly bombing in a local restaurant takes a horrifyingly personal turn, when his wife's body is found among the dead--bearing injuries that match those typically found on the bodies of funda...

Dr. Amin Jaafari, an Arab-Israeli citizen, is a respected, dedicated surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. He has learned to live with the violence that plagues his city and works tirelessly to help the victims brought to the emergency room. But one night, a deadly bombing in a local restaurant takes a horrifyingly personal turn, when his wife's body is found among the dead--bearing injuries that match those typically found on the bodies of funda...

Un joven estudiante iraquí, mientras aguarda en el bullicioso Beirut el momento para saldar sus cuentas con el mundo, recuerda cómo la guerra le obligó a dejar sus estudios en Bagdad y regresar a su pueblo, Kafr Karam, un apacible lugar al que sólo las discusiones de café perturbaban el tedio cotidiano hasta que la guerra llamó a sus puertas. La muerte de un discapacitado mental, un misil que cae fatídicamente en los festejos de una boda y la ...

Ghachimat es una pequeña localidad argelina por la que pasa el tiempo sin sobresaltos. Las amistades se cultivan desde la infancia, se sueña en voz alta, se agudiza el ingenio para lograr el amor deseado, se envidia a los que han tenido éxito, se menosprecia a los que no lo lograron, se sobrevive amoldándose al peso asfixiante de la tradición. La capital, Argel, es un baño de sangre, pero a la apacible Ghachimat no llega la inquietud, todo se ...

Algérie, dans les années 1930. Les champs de blés frissonnent. Dans trois jours, les moissons, le salut. Mais une triste nuit vient consumer l’espoir. Le feu. Les cendres. Pour la première fois, le jeune Younes voit pleurer son père. Et de pleurs, la vie de Younes ne manquera pas. Confié à un oncle pharmacien, dans un village de l’Oranais, le jeune garçon s’intègre à la communauté pied-noire. Noue des amitiés indissolubles, françaises, juiv...

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