France, story of a childhood

An intimate, autobiographical novel of an alleged Harki Algerian family's exile from home and unwelcoming reception in France. A timely and moving tale of uprooting and resettlement, imprisonment and escape, persecution and loss, narrated by the daughter of an aleged Harki, and Algerian soldier...

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Main Author: Rahmani, Zahia 1962- (Author)
Other Authors: Vergnaud, Lara (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press [2016]
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