by Assia Djebar · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253068211
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In 1832, in newly conquered Algiers, Delacroix ventures into a harem for a few hours, capturing a 'stolen glimpse' that he would immortalize in his masterpiece, 'Women of Algiers in their Apartment'. A century and a half later, twenty years after the war of independence, Assia Djebar explores the daily lives of Algerian women, their search for freedom, and the difficulties they face. Through a collection of stories, including the unpublished 'The Night of Fatima's Tale', Djebar narrates their experiences, the struggle for existence, rebellion and submission, and the persistence of the law that shapes the female condition. 'Language of the shadow', often premonitory in relation to immediate history, 'Women of Algiers in their Apartment' has become an internationally recognized classic.
Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, known by her pen name Assia Djebar, was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is noted for her feminist stance. She is "frequently associated with women's writing movements, her novels are clearly focused on the creation of a genealogy of Algerian women, and her political stance is virulently anti-patriarchal as much as it is anti-colonial." Djebar is considered to be one of North Africa's pre-eminent and most influential writers. She was elected to the Académie Française on 16 June 2005, the first writer from the Maghreb to achieve such recognition. For the entire body of her work she was awarded the 1996 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. She was often named as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature.
