Shérazade
by:
Leïla Sebbar (author)
Shérazade is seventeen, Algerian, and a runaway in Paris. She searches for her true identity but is caught between worlds of Africa and Europe, her parents' and her own, colony and capital. Ultimately it is an account of possession, identity and the realities of urban life in the late twentieth...
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Shérazade is seventeen, Algerian, and a runaway in Paris. She searches for her true identity but is caught between worlds of Africa and Europe, her parents' and her own, colony and capital. Ultimately it is an account of possession, identity and the realities of urban life in the late twentieth century. She is pursued by Julian, the son of French-Algerians who is an ardent
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ISBN:
9780704381254
Publisher: Quartet Books (UK)
Pages no: 285
Edition language: English