The star of Algiers : a novel / Aziz Chouaki ; translated from the French by Ros Schwartz and Lulu Norman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chouaki, Aziz.

Contributor:

Schwartz, Ros.

Norman, Lulu.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Lannan translations selection series

Standardized Title:

Etoile d'Alger. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Jabhah al-Islāmīyah lil-Inqādh (Algeria)--Fiction.

Jabhah al-Islāmīyah lil-Inqādh (Algeria).

Groupe islamique armé (Algeria)--Fiction.

Groupe islamique armé (Algeria).

Singers--Fiction.

Singers.

History.

Algeria.

Algeria--History--1990---Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 208 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Uncorrected proof.

Place of Publication:

Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, 2005.

Summary:

Moussa Massy's ambitions extend far beyond the three-room apartment he shares with the other thirteen members of his family in Algiers. A gifted performer of modern Kabyle song, he is as inspired by Prince and Michael Jackson as he is by Arab and Algerian traditional music. His first taste of fame, however, is brief, as the conflict between the fundamental Islamic group FIS and the more progressive FLN grows more violent and the city comes to a standstill amid corruption and scandal. As his music career begins to disintegrate, like the city itself, Massy's driving passion for music turns to unforgiving rage.

Notes:

"A Lannan translation selection"--Page 4 of cover.

"Uncorrected proof - Not for sale"--Cover.

OCLC:

904023243