Aoudjit (philosophy, Northern Virginia Community College) examines a set of novels published during the 1950s just before and during the Algerian war that broke with previous Algerian
literature by not celebrating alleged benefits of colonialism or describing exotic places to entertain readers in France. Rather they revealed the suffering of Algerians, showed their
discontent with the French overlords, and envisioned their dreams. He discusses a storm over the hill, litigations and diff矇rends; detecting diff矇rends; instituting new addressees, new
addressors, new significations, and new referents; and the quarrel of humanism. He appends a short history of modern Algeria and biographical notes. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland,
OR (booknews.com)
