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عربي

The Barbary Figs

The Barbary Figs

Rashid Boudjedra (Author)

André Naffis-Sahely (Translator)

Fiction

Edition published in 2013 in English language

Two old friends find themselves side by side on the flight from Algiers to Constantine. Though bound by shared experiences from their youth, they have lived very different lives. The flight will last an hour, during which both their stories will be told, peppered by anecdotes about Algeria’s struggle to release itself from the French colonial grip.

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