Algeria is beautiful like America
By: written by Olivia Burton ; illustrated by Mahi Grand ; translation by Edward Gauvin ; editing, localization and layout by Mike Kennedy
Contributors: Grand, Mahi, illustrator; Gauvin, Edward, translator; Kennedy, Mike (Graphic novelist), editor
Publisher: Oni Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9781941302569
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Pieds-Noirs; Description and travel; Family; Travel; History; Comic books, strips
Work titles: Algérie, c'est beau comme l'Amérique
Description: Olivia had always heard stories about Algeria from her maternal grandmother, a Black Foot (a "Pied-Noir," the French term for Christian and Jewish settlers of French Algeria who emigrated to France after the Algerian War of Independence). After her grandmother's death, Olivia found some of her grandmother's journals and letters describing her homeland. Now, ten years later, she resolves to travel to Algeria and experience the country for herself. Olivia's quest to understand her origins will bring her to face questions about heritage, history, shame, friendship, memory, nostalgia, fantasy, the nature of exile, and our unending quest to understand who we are and where we come from.
Notes: Graphic novel.

Originally published in France as L'Algérie, c'est beau comme l'Amérique, Steinkis, ©2015.

In English, translated from the French.