For fear of censorship and other penalties, he could not reveal his real name mohammed moulessehoul until he abandoned his military service. The first book of khadras algerian trilogy looselydefined. As an admired and respected member of his community. The narrator, an unnamed bedouin youth from kafr karam. Mohammed moulessehoul, who writes as yasmina khadra, is a former officer of the algerian army, an army that for the better part of the last two decades has primarily involved itself with fighting several wellorganized terrorist organizations within algerias borders. The attack kindle edition by khadra, yasmina, john. What the day owes the night by yasmina khadra, translated by frank wynne. Born in kenadsa in the algerian sahara in 1955, moulessehoul began writing while training to become an army officer.
He is the author of more than 20 books, at least six of which have been published in. Yasmina khadra is the pseudonym of the former algerian army officer mohammed moulessehoul. Cousin k may be a small book but it is a giant of a literary work. The third novel in yasmina khadras bestselling trilogy about islamic fundamentalism.
The attack kindle edition by khadra, yasmina, john cullen. He adopted his wifes name as a pseudonym to avoid military censorship. The attack is an effectively elongated short story. He began his literary career during his 36 years of service in the algerian army, and adopted his wifes name as a pseudonym in order to avoid military censorship. Yasmina khadra is published all over the world and his best known books in english are the swallows of kabu,of life under taliban rule, and the attack about a suicide bomb attack in tel aviv. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 nobel prize for literature. A high ranking officer in the algerian army, he went into exile in france in 2000, where he now lives in seclusion. The swallows of kabul is the first in a trilogy in which khadra sets out to. Cousin k is a highly polished psychological novel embodying an immense dose of mute violence. The third novel in yasmina khadras bestselling trilogy about islamic fundamentalism has the most compelling backdrop of any of his novels. Yasmina khadra aitarab the australian journal of crime. Best book of 2005 by the san francisco chronicle and the christian science. Yasmina khadra is the pseudonym of algerian author mohammed mousselehoul.
The attack is a novel that explores that bizarre modern phenomenon of the suicidebomber. Reading this book reminded me why i chose to focus on north african literature, and honestly why i love books their ability to transport me to a. The swallows of kabul, by yasmina khadra, is a novel that has been translated from the french by john cullen. Yasmina khadra, once a counterterrorism officer, now writes rather than fights. Algerian literature has been influenced by many cultures, including the ancient romans, arabs, french, spanish, and berbers. Yasmina khadra has written morituri in a style that can be a bit difficult to read at times characters come and go at a rapid pace and the plot veers from scene to scene like a runaway train but he has done a magnificent job in recreating the atmosphere of a major world city that was eating itself alive in the nineties. The sirens of baghdad by yasmina khadra penguin random house. Despite the publication of many successful novels in algeria, moulessehoul only revealed his true identity in 2001 after leaving the army and going. In 1964 his father sent him to a military school in algeria, where he discovered literature and his. Yasmina khadra is the pseudonym of the algerian writer mohammed moulessehoul.
The books dustcover notes that yasmina khadra is the pen name of mohammed moulessehoul, an algerian army officer who used the feminine pseudonym in order to avoid censorship. It begins with a revelation, centers on an exploration and concludes with a plot twist that makes no linear sense, leaving it more likely to. Yasmina khadra books list of books by author yasmina khadra. He is the author of six other books published in english, among them the attack and the swallows of kabul, in the name of god, more about yasmina khadra. He has learned to live with the violence that plagues his city and works tirelessly to help the victims brought to the emergency room. Yasmina khadra is arguably just as well known for the questions surrounding his identity as for what he has written. Yasmina khadra is the pseudonym of the algerian writer mohammed moulessehoul, born in 1956. The introduction, questions, and suggestions for further reading that follow are designed to stimulate your groups discussion of the sirens of baghdad, the crowning work in yasmina khadras trilogy of novels about islamic fundamentalism and the war in the middle east. What the day owes the night by yasmina khadra is my second book for the middle east reading challenge hosted by helens book blog. Yasmina khadra is the pen name of the former algerian army officer mohammed moulessehoul. Forced to leave the university of baghdad when the americans invade iraq, a young man from a small desert village returns home, where.
Both authors, representing different regions and generations of algeria, write of divided selves, and, in doing so, define themselves first and foremost as writers. Khadra pseudonym of a retired algerian army officer moves from algeria wolf dreams, 2003 and afghanistan the swallows of kabul, 2004 to israelpalestine. As an army officer in algeria, khadra published under his own name until the regime took notice in 1988 and ordered that his works be supervised by. The renowned algerian writer, mohammed moulessehoul, who goes by his pen name yasmina khadra, wanted to stand as an independent candidate for the presidency of algeria. The sirens of baghdad is the third book in yasmina khadras fundamentalist trilogy about the cultural conflicts both within islam and between the islamic world and the west. Amin jaafari is an arabisraeli surgeon at a hospital in tel aviv.
With a kind of enraged obstinacy, yasmina khadra applies his. This analysis of the authors selfrepresentations offers an interdisciplinary contribution to researchers. Moulessehoul, an officer in the algerian arm y, adopted a womans pseudonym to avoid military censorship. Khadra gets things off to a good start by picking an unlikely figure as his bomber. Amin jaafari, an arabisraeli citizen, is a respected, dedicated surgeon at a hospital in tel aviv. Yasmina khadra primary author only author division.
Yasmina khadra bio, facts, family famous birthdays. He always felt like a writer, even though he was an officer in the algerian army for 36 years. Yasmina khadra s kabul is hell on earth, a place of hunger, tedium, and stifling fear, observes j. Sep 27, 2012 for the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of algerian independence, reza and writer yasmina khadra offer you an amazing book on algeria published by michel lafon. Despite the publication of many successful novels in algeri a, moulessehoul only revealed his true. A young iraqi student, unable to attend college because of the war, sees american soldiers leave a trail of humiliation and grief in his small village. Unfortunately, he only managed to win the support of 43,000 people, 17,000 short of the minimum number needed to be able to contest. The sirens of baghdad by yasmina khadra, paperback. He funded his own campaign and crisscrossed the country seeking nomination. Renamed jonas, he grows up in a colourful colonial algerian town, and. The third novel in yasmina khadras bestselling trilogy about islamic fundamentalism brings readers into baghdad.
Khadras novel of a young arab boy growing up in 20thcentury french. Extras the independent books puzzles indy100 apps ebooks. On november 2, 20 khadra announced his candidacy for the presidency of algeria. Interview with the algerian novelist yasmina khadra. Interview with the algerian novelist yasmina khadra there is a life after defeat the film the attack, based on yasmina khadras book of the same name, was honoured as best international literary adaptation at this years frankfurt book fair. A huge explosion kills 19 people, 11 of them schoolchildren, in a fastfood restaurant in tel aviv. He is the author of six other books published in english, among them the attack and the swallows of kabul, in the name of god. See more ideas about photo report, good books and anniversary. This rich, captivating novel offers younesjonas as a trenchant witness to both colonial and colonised algeria. His idyllic life shattered, jonas is forced to choose between two worlds algerian and european.
Yasmina khadra is currently considered a single author. Moulessehoul, an officer in the algerian army, adopted a womans pseudonym to avoid military censorship. His books always tell a dramatic story and their aim is to bring alive to western readers the worlds of africa and the middle east, and their people, with. He is the author of more than 20 books, at least six of which have been published in english, among them the swallows of kabul and the attack, both shortlisted for the impac literary. Kateb yacine, rachid mimouni, mouloud mammeri, mouloud feraoun, assia djebar and mohammed dib. Yasmina khadra is the penname of mohammed moulessehoul, who was born in algeria in 1955. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The dominant languages in algerian literature are french, arabic, and berber a few of the more notable algerian writers are. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. In his several writings on the civil war in algeria, khadra exposes the current regime and the fundamentalist opposition as the joint guilty parties in. His texts thus fit, in an eminently political way, into a resistant and contestatory. The setting for this book is iraq after the american invasion.
Yamina khadra is a very productive algerian writer. Heir to this double tradition, yasmina khadra offers a noir novel of social, political and historical criticism, questioning algerian society, exploring its cracks and silences, tracing the painful lines of a recent history that is yet to be written. Read the sirens of baghdad by yasmina khadra free online. Wolf dreams by yasmina khadra, linda black and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Yasmina khadra has 50 books on goodreads with 60343 ratings. Yasmina khadra is the pen name of mohammed moulessehoul. He became a candidate for the algerian presidency in late 20. His father was a male nurse and his mother was a nomad.
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