Discovery of the New World
Subtitle: The Olive Grove; Memory and the Missing; Excite and Helplessness
By: Nabile Farès ; translated and annotated by Peter Thompson; preface by Pierre Joris
Contributors: Thompson, Peter, translator; Joris, Pierre, author of preface
Publisher: Diálogos Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Orleans
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781944884901
Subjects: Fiction; Social conditions; History; Algerian fiction (French); Historical fiction
Description: Discovery of the New World is a translation and collection of a trilogy of novels, originally published in France as follows: La Découverte du nouveau monde: Vol. I, Le Champ des oliviers, Editions du Seuil, 1972; Vol. II, Mémoire de l'Absent, Editions Seuil, 1974; Vol. III, L'Exil et le désarroi, Librairie Franc̦ois Maspero, 1976. Peter Thompson's translation of L'Exil et le désarroi was previously published by Diálogos as Excile and Helplessness in 2012. The other two volumes appear here for the first time in English. Diálogos is grateful to Editions du Seuil, Librairie Franc̦ois Maspero, and the heirs of Nabile Farés for permission to publish this collection. -- Acknowlegements after copyright page.