The Seine Was Red Paris, October 1961 |
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| Author:
| Sebbar, Leïla
Mortimer, Mildred |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-22023-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.00 |
Book Description:
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Leïla Sebbar's novel recounts an event in French history that has been hidden for many years. Mildred Mortimer's impressive translation conveys the power of Sebbar's words in English and allows English-speaking readers an opportunity to understand the complex relationship between past and present, metropole and colony, immigrant and citizen, that lies at the heart of this acclaimed novel.
Leïla Sebbar's novel recounts an event in French history that has been hidden for many years. Mildred Mortimer's impressive translation conveys the power of Sebbar's words in English and allows English-speaking readers an opportunity to understand the complex relationship between past and present, metropole and colony, immigrant and citizen, that lies at the heart of this acclaimed novel.