by Aïcha Lemsine · Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484484202
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«La crisálida» is a novel by Aïcha Lemsine, published by Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid in paperback (212 pages, in Spanish).
«La crisálida» is set in Algeria during the revolution and independence; it follows Khadidja and Faïza, two women with different conceptions of freedom in a society that relegates women to the domestic sphere and denies them education. Aïcha Lemsine subtitled the novel «Crónicas argelinas».
Aïcha Lemsine's first novel was originally published in French in 1976 as «La Chrysalide». The Spanish translation of «La crisálida» is by Belén Artuñedo Guillén and Eva Álvarez de Eulate.
For readers interested in Maghrebi narrative and the role of women in Algeria during the twentieth century.
