France, story of a childhood / Zahia Rahmani ; translated by Lara Vergnaud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahmani, Zahia, 1962- author.

Contributor:

Vergnaud, Lara, translator.

Series:

Margellos world republic of letters book

A Margellos world republic of letters book

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Rahmani, Zahia, 1962---Fiction.

Rahmani, Zahia.

Rahmani, Zahia, 1962-.

Women immigrants--France--Fiction.

Women immigrants.

France.

Genre:

Autobiographical fiction.

Fictional autobiographies.

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 180 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

Summary:

An intimate, autobiographical novel of an alleged Harki Algerian family's exile from home and unwelcoming reception in France. A timely and moving tale of uprooting and resettlement, imprisonment and escape, persecution and loss, narrated by the daughter of an aleged Harki, and Algerian soldier who fought for the French during the Algerian War of Independence. It was the fate of such men to be twice exiled, first in their homeland after the war, and later in France, where fleeing Harki families sought refuge but instead faced contempt, discrimination, and exclusion. Sahia Rahmani blends reality and imagination in her writing, offering a fictionalized version of her own family's struggle. With ingenuity that defies categories and genre, the author delves deeply into her past with the immediacy of memoir, the reflection of essay, the artistry of fiction, and the relevance of reportage. From the unique perspective of the daughter of an accused Harki, she examines France's complex and controversial history with its former colony and offers new insight into the French civil riots of 2005. She makes a stirring plea for understanding between generations and cultures, and especially for an end to the destructive practice of condemning children for their fathers' actions and beliefs.

ISBN:

0300212100

9780300212105

OCLC:

926820731