Women of Algiers in Their Apartment
| Author | Assia Djebar |
|---|---|
| Original title | Femmes d'Alger dans leur appartement |
| Translator | Marjolijn de Jager |
| Language | French |
Publication date | 1980 |
Published in English | 1992 |
| Media type |
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment French: Femmes d'Alger dans leur Appartement is a 1980 novel by the Algerian writer Assia Djebar.[1] It is a collection of short stories celebrating the strength and dignity of Algerian women of the past and the present. It interweaves the stories of the lives of three Muslim Algerian women. Assia Djebar's inspiration to write Femme d'Alger dans leur appartement came from Delacroix's painting The Women of Algiers.
Plot
A collection of short stories about the lives of pre-colonial, colonial, and postcolonial women various levels of the Algerian society. It is a piece about the compartmentalization of women in Algeria and the harems in which they are put.
Footnotes
- ↑ Bremner, Charles. "French 'immortals' get a history lesson", The Times Online (June 23, 2006).
External links
- BNET Research Center Review
- University of Virginia Press Article
- Arabesques Review
- Petri Liukkonen. "Assia Djebar". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Archived from the original on 4 July 2013.
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