by Yasmina Khadra · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788413623979
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In French Algeria in the 1930s, Younes, an Algerian boy, is affected by his father's ruin and ends up being taken in by the wealthy colonists of Oran. Under the name of Jonas, he grows up in this environment, forges friendships and experiences love with the arrival of Émilie, who becomes an object of rivalry among friends. However, the Algerian revolt changes everything, and the War of Independence forces him to make a decision that will put his roots, friendships, convictions and loyalties at stake.
Mohammed Moulessehoul, better known by the pen name Yasmina Khadra, is an Algerian author living in France, who writes in French. One of the most famous Algerian novelists in the world, he has written almost 40 novels, and has published in more than 50 countries. Khadra has often explored Algerian and other Arab countries' civil wars, depicting Muslim conflicts and reality, the attraction of radical Islamism to those alienated by the incompetence and hypocrisy of politicians, and conflicts between East and West. In his several writings on the Algerian war, he has exposed the regime and the fundamentalist opposition as the joint guilty parties in the country's tragedy.
