The Bridges of Constantine
Author(s): Ahlem Mosteghanemi
Khaled, a former revolutionary in the Algerian war of liberation has been in self-exile in Paris for two decades, disgusted by the corruption that now riddles the country he once fought for. Now a celebrated painter, Khaled is consumed with passion for Hayat, the daughter of his old revolutionary commander, who unexpectedly reenters Khaled's life. Hayat had been just a child when he last saw her, but she has now become a seductive young novelist. The first novel in an award-winning, bestselling trilogy that spans Algeria's tumultuous recent history,The Bridges of Constantine is a lyrical and heartrending love story.
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From 'the most successful writer in the Arab world' (Forbes), the million-copy bestseller The Bridges of Constantine is a sweeping, beautifully written love story set in Paris between a former fighter in Algeria's wars of independence and the daughter of a revolutionary hero
Algerian novelist and poet Ahlem Mosteghanemi is the bestselling female author in the Arab world. She has more than 4 million followers on Facebook, 435 thousand followers on Twitter and was ranked in the top ten most influential women in the Middle East by Forbes in 2006. The Arabic original of this title (Dhakirat al-Jasad) was awarded the 1998 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature (founded in honour of the Nobel laureate). It is the first in a trilogy of bestselling novels and has since been translated into several languages and been adapted into a television series. Ahlem lives in Beirut. @AhlamMostghanmi Raphael Cohen studied Arabic at Oxford University and the University of Chicago, and now lives and works in Cairo.
General Fields
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 01 November 2014
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 January 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ahlem Mosteghanemi
- : Paperback
- : 320
