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A captivating exploration of the unspoken stories of the Algerian war. * Le Monde * Highly recommended . . . Alice Zeniter [has] a dual talent for keeping her eye on History which continues onward and on her characters in the reality of the moment. * Grazia * A family saga that begins like a fairy tale in the mountains of Kabylia - Ali, Naima's grandfather, makes his fortune by finding an olive press in a river - and turns to tragedy: fratricidal war, transit camps in France, racism and humiliations. The novel of a French identity that is forever variable and plural. * L'Obs * A deeply human text about the ghosts of identity and decolonization. * Vanity Fair *

A powerful family saga . . . [Zeniter] shows how history is passed down from generation to generation, in stories pockmarked by what's left unsaid. * L'Obs * A captivating exploration of the unspoken stories of the Algerian war. * Le Monde * A deeply human text about the ghosts of identity and decolonization. * Vanity Fair *

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Alice Zeniter is a French novelist, translator, scriptwriter and director. Her novel Take This Man was published in English in 2011. Zeniter has won many awards for her work in France, including the Prix Littéraire de la Porte Dorée, the Prix Renaudot des Lycéens and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, which was awarded to The Art of Losing. She lives in Britanny, France.

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