The bridges of Constantine
By: Ahlem Mosteghanemi ; translated by Raphael Cohen
Contributors: Cohen, Raphael
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781408856482
Subjects: Fiction
Work titles: Dhākirat al-jasad
Description: Khaled, a former revolutionary in the Algerian war of liberation has been in self-exile in Paris for two decades, disgusted by the corruption that now riddles the country he once fought for. He has become a celebrated painter, and at the opening of one of his exhibitions, Hayat, the daughter of his old revolutionary commander, unexpectedly re-enters Khaled's life. Hayat had been just a child when he last saw her, but she has now become a seductive young novelist.
Notes: Originally published as Dhākirat al-jasad : Dar al-Adab, 1993. originally published in English as: Memory in the flesh : American University in Cairo Press, 1999.