9781583227879-1583227873-The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories

The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories

ISBN-13: 9781583227879
ISBN-10: 1583227873
Edition: 1
Author: Assia Djebar
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Format: Paperback 224 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781583227879
ISBN-10: 1583227873
Edition: 1
Author: Assia Djebar
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Format: Paperback 224 pages

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The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories (ISBN-13: 9781583227879 and ISBN-10: 1583227873), written by authors Assia Djebar, was published by Seven Stories Press in 2010. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Women Writers (Women's Studies) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Tongue's Blood Does Not Run Dry: Algerian Stories (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Women Writers books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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What happens when catastrophe becomes an everyday occurrence? Each of the seven stories in Assia Djebar’s The Tongue’s Blood Does Not Run Dry reaches into the void where normal and impossible realities coexist. All the stories were written in 1995 and 1996—a time when, by official accounts, some two hundred thousand Algerians were killed in Islamist assassinations and government army reprisals. Each story grew from a real conversation on the streets of Paris between the author and fellow Algerians about what was happening in their native land.
Contemporary events are joined on the page by classical themes in Arab literature, whether in the form of Berber texts sung by the women of the Mzab or the tales from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. The Tongue’s Blood Does Not Run Dry beautifully explores the conflicting realities of the role of women in the Arab world. With renowned and unparalleled skill, Assia Djebar gives voice to her longing for a world she has put behind her.

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