Yasimina Khadra. L'imposture des mots.(Book Review)

From: World Literature Today | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Paris. Julliard. 2002. 177 pages. 16.60 [euro]. ISBN 2-260-01594-8

MOHAMMED MOULESSEHOUL no longer needs to exploit his wife's name, Yasmina Khadra, to sign his novels in order to protect his identity. It can now serve literally as a pen name. Indeed, since the publication of L'ecrivain (see WLT 75:3-4, p. 113), the author-protagonist has left his position of commanding officer in the Algerian army to dedicate himself to his literary vocation. The birth of his daughter Hasnia on his forty-fifth birthday engendered the catalyst for the first independent step In the life of a ...

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