The dazzling and vibrant new novel from Yasmina Khadra, author of Sirens of Baghdad and the international bestsellers The Swallows of Kabul and The Attack.
Yasmina Khadra is the nom de plume of the Algerian army officer, Mohammed Moulessehoul, who took a female pseudonym to avoid submitting his manuscripts for approval by the army. He is the author of four other books published in English, including the acclaimed bestseller Swallows of Kabul. He lives in France.
This tale of family, love and war unfolds in Algeria before and
during the armed revolt that led to independence. Caught between
two worlds, its hero, Younes, is a sympathetic witness to the
doctrines that divide people, and to the passions that may reunite
them.
*Independent*
A book in which you may lose yourself in reading and find yourself
when you put it aside; an enriching work. [What the Day Owes the
Night] is first the story of a narrator's youth and education in
the ways of the world. Then it is a love story and a war story,
which leads to the conclusion that a reader who has surrendered to
the novel will hope for. It is very well done indeed, sympathetic
and humane. The narrative is compelling and there is a rich cast of
well observed, or remembered, characters, all of who are treated
fairly and generously...[Khadra] brings landscape, a society,
individual characters to compelling life. He explores difficult
moral questions with sensibility and intelligence. He presents life
as it is, and hints at what it might be. He writes with
understanding and affection.
*The Scotsman*
the novel...includes brilliant descriptions of the city's slums and
the beauties of the countryside.
*TLS*
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