Yasmina Khadra

The Angels Die (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Curtis, Howard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Award winning author Yasmina Khadra gives us a stunning panorama of life in Algeria between the two world wars.



'A writer who can understand man wherever he is' The New York Times



Even as a child living hand-to-mouth in a ghetto, Turambo dreamt of a better future. So when his family find a decent home in the city of Oran anything seems possible. But colonial Algeria is no place to be ambitious for those of Arab-Berber ethnicity. Through a succession of menial jobs, the constants for Turambo are his rage at the injustice surrounding him, and a reliable left hook. This last opens the door to a boxing apprenticeship, which will ultimately offer Turambo a choice: to take his chance at sporting greatness or choose a simpler life beside the woman he loves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gallic Books
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781910477236
• Artikelnr.: 45598524

Autorenporträt

'My novel is first and foremost the story of a man searching for his path, torn between his need to create a legend, and his desire to fall in love. The Angels Die is a saga, a journey through a land of many battles: a battle against himself, against life's absurdity, and especially a battle for love, the only miracle in man's purgatory.'

Rezensionen

'Khadra's prose is gentle and precise' The New Yorker

'The Angels Die is a must read for readers of international fiction, whether historical or contemporary' New York Journal of Book

'A skilled storyteller working at the height of his powers' Times Literary Supplement

'World-class' Rosie Goldsmith, The Independent