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  Memory in the Flesh (Paperback) By (author) Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Translated by Baria Ahmar Sreih, Translated by Peter Clark

  

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  Short Description for Memory in the Flesh This 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 mi...
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  • Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
  • Published: 01 October 2003
  • Format: Paperback 256 pages
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  • Categories: Language Teaching & Learning Material & Coursework | Anthologies (non-poetry) | Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9789774247347 ISBN 10: 9774247345
  • Sales rank: 1,041,847

Full description for Memory in the Flesh

• This 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.