by Vénus Khoury-Ghata · Jean-Claude Lattès · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782709616423
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«Les fiancées du cap Ténès» is the historical novel by Vénus Khoury-Ghata, published by Jean-Claude Lattès in paperback (313 pages, in French).
In December 1802, the French ship Le Banel wrecks off Ténès; only five women survive and, forgotten by France, the Bani Haoua distribute them. Laouza, Hélène de Coutavray and Mother Jeanne are among them; the latter ends up as a healer and member of the council of elders, and upon her death the Bani Haoua erect a sanctuary for her.
The work was published in 1995; the back cover presents it as the tenth novel by Vénus Khoury-Ghata and notes that it is inspired by true events.
For readers interested in early 19th-century Algeria and in stories of surviving women.
Vénus Khoury-Ghata was a French-Lebanese poet and writer.
