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1 online resource. |
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The Margellos world republic of letters
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Margellos world republic of letters book.
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| Summary |
The eagerly awaited English translation of Kaddour's award-winning novel of clashing cultures during the French colonial years Gather together French colonialists, young nationalists eager for independence, and local Maghreb leaders in a small North African city of the 1920s. Bring a collection of brash American filmmakers and celebrities into the picture. Dangerous cultural collisions are the inevitable result in Hédi Kaddour's best-selling novel of French colonial rule and its persisting legacy of human chaos and cultural tragedy. In this commanding novel, the author plumbs the contradicti. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- PART I . THE SHOCK: NAHBÈS, NORTH AFRICA, THE EARLY 1920S -- 1. A Tree in the Wind -- 2. The Betrayal -- 3. Honored Guests -- 4. And ... Action! -- 5. A Quintal and a Half -- 6. The Old Woman and the Eggs -- 7. The Cow of Satan -- 8. A Sort of Tacit Agreement -- 9. At a Nice School -- 10. A Well-Planned Marriage -- 11. The Story of the Ice -- 12. A Lovely Summer -- 13. An Eye on Everything -- 14. Two Hatreds -- 15. At the Market -- 16. A Smiling Wife -- 17. Troubled Times -- 18. Big Problems -- PART II . THE GREAT VOYAGE: WINTER 1922-SPRING 1923 -- 19. The Jugurtha -- 20. Nights of Dreams -- 21. The Hand -- 22. Crossroads of Pain -- 23. Brother and Sister -- 24. A Night at Gabrielle's -- 25. A Taste for Wealth -- 26. Great Murmurings -- 27. A Liberated Country -- 28. The Suitor -- 29. Kinder des Vaterlands -- 30. For an Orchard -- 31. In an Occupied Country -- 32. The Smile on a Grilled Sheep's Head -- 33. Otto -- 34. Fascination -- 35. The Return -- PART III. ONE YEAR LATER: NAHBÈS, JUNE 1924 -- 36. A True Fox -- 37. Scaradère -- 38. A Mass Uprising -- 39. The Prépondérants -- 40. The Storm -- 41. The Hunt -- 42. An Edifying Spectacle -- 43. The Face -- 44. Ganthier's Party -- 45. The Blaster -- 46. The Barley Wind -- 47. Equal Pay for Equal Work -- 48. A Complex Operation -- 49. Beasts from Hell -- Glossary |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Culture conflict -- Fiction.
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Culture conflict. |
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Fiction.
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Tunisia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Tunisia. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Nineteen twenties -- Fiction.
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Nineteen twenties. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Fagan, Teresa Lavender, translator.
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Prépondérants. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2018013504
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Print version: 9780300222883 0300222882 (OCoLC)978291319 |
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9780300231571 (electronic book) |
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0300231571 (electronic book) |
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9780300222883 |
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0300222882 |
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