Chaos of the Senses (34 page)
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Authors: Ahlem Mosteghanemi
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The Bridges of Constantine
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.
âA window into a different world'
Daily Mail
âRemarkably insightful ⦠Astonishingly poetic ⦠I stopped and marvelled every few pages ⦠The Arab-speaking world shouldn't get to keep Mosteghanemi's novels all to itself'
Independent on Sunday
âThe tumultuous story of Algeria over the past 50 years, framed by a powerful love story'
The Times
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First published in Great Britain 2015
First published in English in 2007 by The American University in Cairo Press
This electronic edition published in 2015 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Copyright © 2007, 2015 by Ahlem Mosteghanemi
English translation copyright © 2015 by Nancy Roberts
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