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The Earthquake - (Saqi Bookshelf) by Tahir Wattar (Paperback)

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  • One afternoon, Shaykh Abdelmajid Boularwah embarks upon a journey.
  • About the Author: Tahir Wattar (1936-2010) was a pioneer of the modern Arabic novel inAlgeria.
  • 208 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
  • Series Name: Saqi Bookshelf

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Book Synopsis



One afternoon, Shaykh Abdelmajid Boularwah embarks upon a journey. He is
looking for distant relatives: Boularwah's immediate family are ruthless, rich and
collaborate with colonial authorities. He hopes his long-lost relatives, who are
unknown to the new communist government, might be better placed to help him defraud
it.

Through a labyrinth of back alleys and memories, he makes his way from
Algiers across the seven bridges of Constantine, battling the forces of a
rapidly changing society alongside his own demons and traversing the difficult
road of colonialism to independence, tradition to modernity, hope to despair
and from one failed ideology to another.

Written in the early 1970s, The Earthquake offers
a lucid vision of post-colonial Algeria -- a society in chaos, a world turned
upside down. Pioneering novelist Tahir Wattar both foretells the dreadful
events which would later besiege his country and presciently demonstrates the
evils of intolerance, ignorance, social classism and religious extremism in
this modern classic.



Review Quotes




'One of Algeria's best writers' Culture Trip

'One of the modern Arabic classics' World Literature Today

'Prophetic in its exposure of the misuse of religion for political purposes - a phenomenon that, in a different form, has caused so much tragedy' Middle East News




About the Author



Tahir Wattar (1936-2010) was a pioneer of the modern Arabic novel in
Algeria. Born into a Berber family in Sedrata, he was a supporter of
arabisation in the wake of Algerian independence. In addition to his many
novels, he wrote several plays and short stories. His works have been
translated into French, Spanish and Italian and adapted for the theatre.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 208
Series Title: Saqi Bookshelf
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Saqi Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Tahir Wattar
Language: English
Street Date: April 23, 2024
TCIN: 89654570
UPC: 9780863569630
Item Number (DPCI): 247-07-9759
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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