The Body Beseiged: The Embodiment of Historical Memory in Nina Bouraoui and Le簿la Sebbar by Helen Vassallo analyzes the enduring legacy
of the Algerian War of Independence by setting in dialogue the work of two contemporary Franco-Algerian writers, Nina Bouraoui and Le簿la Sebbar. It uses the concept of ��mbodied memory��to
examine the correlation between history and autobiography, drawing on theories of exile, wounding, embodiment, and remembrance to expose fractures in the Franco-Algerian relationship in an era
of commemoration and reconciliation.