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Product Description: In Land and Blood, his second novel, the Algerian-Kabyle writer Mouloud Feraoun offers a detailed portrait of life for Algerian Kabyles in the 1920s and 1930s through the story of a Kabyle-Berber man, Amer. Like many Kabyle men of the 1930s, Amer leaves his village to work in the coal mines of France...read more
Hardcover:
9780813932200 | Univ of Virginia Pr, February 22, 2012, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: In Land and Blood, his second novel, the Algerian-Kabyle writer Mouloud Feraoun offers a detailed portrait of life for Algerian Kabyles in the 1920s and 1930s through the story of a Kabyle-Berber man, Amer.
Paperback:
9780813932217 | Univ of Virginia Pr, February 22, 2012, cover price $25.00
Like the autobiographical hero of this, his classic first novel, Mouloud Feraoun grew up in the rugged Kabyle region of French-controlled Algeria, where the prospects for most Muslim Berber men were limited to shepherding or emigrating to France for factory work. While Feraoun escaped such a fate by excelling in the colonial school systemâas a student and, later, as a teacher at the Ãcole Normaleâhe remained firmly rooted in Kabyle culture. This dual perspective only enhanced his view, often brutally, of the ravages on his country by poverty, colonial rule, and a world war that descended on Algeria like a great storm. This embattled society, and Feraounâs unique position within it, became the raw material for The Poor Manâs Son. Originally published in 1950, the novel was reissued in 1954, when its style was "fixed" to remove colloquial mannerisms and tenses. Perhaps more importantly, an entire section was omitted, significantly altering the conclusion and, indeed, the whole thrust of the book. Nonetheless, it is this version by which the book is known to this day in French. Based on the original 1950 text, this new translation is notable not only for bringing Feraounâs classic to an English-speaking audience but also for presenting the book in its entirety for the first time in fifty years.A direct response to Albert Camusâ call for Algerians to tell the world their story, The Poor Manâs Son remains after half a century the definitive map of the Kabyle soul.
Hardcover:
9780813923253 | Univ of Virginia Pr, February 28, 2005, cover price $60.00
Paperback:
9780813923260, titled "The Poor Man's Son: Menrad, Kabyle Schoolteacher" | Univ of Virginia Pr, February 28, 2005, cover price $19.50 | About this edition: Like the autobiographical hero of this, his classic first novel, Mouloud Feraoun grew up in the rugged Kabyle region of French-controlled Algeria, where the prospects for most Muslim Berber men were limited to shepherding or emigrating to France for factory work.
âThis honest man, this good man, this man who never did wrong to anyone, who devoted his life to the public good, and who was one of the greatest writers in Algeria, has been murdered. . . . Not by accident, not by mistake, but called by his name and killed with preference.â So wrote Germaine Tillion in Le Monde shortly after Mouloud Feraounâs assassination by a right wing French terrorist group, the Organisation Armée Secrète, just three days before the official cease-fire ended Algeriaâs eight-year battle for independence from France.However, not even the gunmen of the OAS could prevent Feraounâs journal from being published. Journal, 1955â1962 appeared posthumously in French in 1962 and remains the single most important account of everyday life in Algeria during decolonization.Feraoun was one of Algeriaâs leading writers. He was a friend of Albert Camus, Emmanuel Roblès, Pierre Bourdieu, and other French and North African intellectuals. A committed teacher, he had dedicated his life to preparing Algeriaâs youth for a better future. As a Muslim and Kabyle writer, his reflections on the war in Algeria afford penetrating insights into the nuances of Algerian nationalism, as well as into complex aspects of intellectual, colonial, and national identity. Feraounâs Journal captures the heartbreak of a writer profoundly aware of the social and political turmoil of the time. This classic account, now available in English, should be read by anyone interested in the history of European colonialism and the tragedies of contemporary Algeria. (view table of contents)
Hardcover:
9780803220027 | Univ of Nebraska Pr, June 1, 2000, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: âThis honest man, this good man, this man who never did wrong to anyone, who devoted his life to the public good, and who was one of the greatest writers in Algeria, has been murdered.
Paperback:
9780803269033 | Bison Books, June 1, 2000, cover price $25.95
Paperback:
9780685678534 | French & European Pubns, January 1, 1982, cover price $14.95
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