The Watchers, by Tahar Djaout. Original title: Les Vigiles. Published by Ruminator Books. St. Paul, Minnesota: 2002 Important now more than ever. The Algerian author Tahar Djaout was assasinated by Islamic terrorists in 1993 for what was claimed … [Continue reading]
The Last Summer of Reason
The Last Summer of Reason (Paperback), by Tahar Djaout Republished by Bison Books, University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln and London: 2007 Buy this book One of the great blind spots of American intellectual life has been its failure to recognize … [Continue reading]
The Last Summer of Reason & The Watchers
The Last Summer of Reason (Paperback), by Tahar Djaout Republished by Bison Books,University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln and London: 2007 The Watchers, by Tahar Djaout. Original title: Les Vigiles. Published by Ruminator Books. St. Paul, … [Continue reading]
Algerian White
Algerian White, by Assia Djebar. Co-translator: David Kelley Original title: Le Blanc de l'Algérie. Published by Seven Stories Press. New York, New York: 2001 Translated by Marjolijn de Jager & David Kelley "A hymn to friendship and the … [Continue reading]
Children of the New World: A Novel of the Algerian War
Children of the New World: A Novel of the Algerian War, by Assia Djebar Original title: Les Enfants du nouveau monde. Published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. New York, New York: 2005 "Children of the New World," the third novel by the Algerian … [Continue reading]
The Amputated Memory
The Amputated Memory by Werewere Liking; Original title: La Mémoire Amputée The Feminist Press, New York, New York: 2007 Translated from the French by Marjolijn de Jager Unremembered After reading the last paragraph of Werewere Liking's latest … [Continue reading]
Shaba Two, The Notebooks of Mother Marie Gertrude
Shaba Two, The Notebooks of Mother Marie Gertrude, by V.Y. Mudimbe. Original title: Shaba Deux, Les Carnets de Mère Marie Gertrude , Présence Africaine, Paris, 1989. … [Continue reading]
Daughters of Ismaël
Daughters of Ismaël, by Assia Djebar. A libretto, translation commissioned by Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Original title: Filles d’Ismaël dans le vent et la tempête. … [Continue reading]
Amanda
Amanda, by Walter van den Broeck. For Andreas Landshoff Productions, B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Translated from the Dutch. Original title: Amanda en de Widowmaker . … [Continue reading]
Paris Noir
Paris Noir by Jean-Bernard Puay, In paris noir, Auélien Masson (Ed.) Published by Akashic Books. New York, NY 10009: 2008 "The dank and sweaty crime scenes in Paris Noir (Akashic, paper, $15.95) testify to the fact that the French invented … [Continue reading]
