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The influence peddlers /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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New Heaven :
Yale University Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Margellos world republic of letters book.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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