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Ese punto de encuentro nos dará a conocer también la historia de Argel, los años de ocupación francesa y su posterior lucha por la independencia; en pocas páginas la autora consigue un retrato político y social que no nos resulta desconocido.

En la actualidad, la librería sigue existiendo justo donde la autora indica y la historia en la que se basa este libro es ficticia pero aún así no puedes evitar sentirte feliz cuando la librería logra sus objetivos e impotente cuando la van a hacer desaparecer. The reader gets the sense of the struggle to create culture and art in the face of cultural and political barriers (not to mention the financial realities that publishing is, at best, a break-even business). The novella won the 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) and I think I'll look for more titles from this prize list.There are so many different subcultures in the world that we don't even allow to have play in our mind. When the schools finally were integrated, the French boys wore white shirts and ties but the Arab boys were made to wear a fez with a purple tassel and an orange jacket – just a made-up getup that had nothing to do with their traditional dress. During WWII he was also publishing for the Free French movement in contrary to the laws of Vichy France.

A beautiful little novel about books, history, ambition and the importance of literature to everyone, especially people who are trying to find a voice.Une librairie minuscule, certes, mais oh combien grande par les écrivains qui l'ont fréquentée, par les amitiés qui s'y sont nouées et par le courageux combat mené par Charlot et ses amis pour surmonter les différentes difficultés matérielles et autres obstacles politico-bureaucratiques afin de poursuivre la réalisation de leur rêve. Sadece okur olarak kalmak isteyenler ise Camus, Exupery, Gide ve pek çok başka yazar hakkında bilgi sahibi olmakla yetinebilirler. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Kaouther Adimi nunca pierde la perspectiva histórica del relato, sino que añade, junto a las de Ryad y Charlot, una tercera capa narrativa que actúa como voz en off y proporciona tridimensionalidad al contexto.

Sadece Charlot ve kitabevinin hikayesini değil; Abdallah ve Ryad karakterleriyle de başka bir evrenin kapılarını aralıyor.

I really enjoyed the way this book went between these two timelines, whilst also inserting cultural and political turmoil into the shaping of the plot. The backdrop to these literary endeavors is far from ideal, permanent money and paper shortages culminate in the company of the main character in 1948 for 22 million francs in the red, despite publishing famous authors. Fransa’nın,savaşın,ayrımcılığın gölgesinde olduğunuzda tutkulularınızı yerine getirmek pek kolay olmuyor. Incluso, con el paso del tiempo decide ser él el que publique algunas obras, algunas de ellas sabiendo que no serían vistas muy bien por la época y la sociedad y otras que serían de grandísimos autores como Albert Camus.