num_pages: 191
description: Winner of the Arab Book Prize.Two old friends and cousins find themselves side by side on the flight from Algiers to Constantine. There is a lot of history between them as well as bad blood. The flight will last only an houran hour during which both their stories will be told interspersed by anecdotes of Algeria's struggle to release itself from France's colonial grip. The title The Barbary Figs is a symbol of the old Algeria since their grandfather used to grow them on his estate. The new Algeria is far less straightforward and has produced far more bitter fruit.
language: English
title: The Barbary Figs
publisher: Haus Publishing