by Anouar Benmalek · Harvill Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9781860468681
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«The Lovers of Algeria» is a novel by Anouar Benmalek, published by Harvill Press in hardcover (320 pages, in English).
A Swiss woman named Anna walks through a cemetery in Algiers looking for the graves of her children, killed decades earlier by the FLN for considering their father, Nassreddine, a traitor. Back in an Algeria besieged by terrorism and fundamentalism, Anna disguises herself and embarks on a dangerous search to find out if the man she loved is still alive, guided by Jallal, a young peanut seller, in a story that crosses love with the country's recent tragedy.
Novel translated from French, originally published as «Les amants désunis» in 1998. The English edition appeared in 2001. It won the Prix Rachid award.
Anouar Benmalek is an Algerian novelist, journalist, mathematician and poet. After the 1988 riots in Algeria in protest of government policies, he became one of the founders of the Algerian Committee Against Torture. His novel Lovers of Algeria was awarded the Prix Ragid. The novel, The Child of an Ancient People, won the Prix RFO du livre.
