Last Summer of Reason - Djaout Tahar
Last Summer of Reason - Djaout Tahar This elegant, haunting novel takes us deep into the world of bookstore owner Boualem Yekker. Once-treasured art and literature are now despised. He lives in a…
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Last Summer of Reason - Djaout Tahar
This elegant, haunting novel takes us deep into the world of bookstore owner Boualem Yekker. Once-treasured art and literature are now despised. He lives in a country being overtaken by the Vigilant Brothers, a radically conservative party that seeks to control every element of life according to the laws of their stringent moral theology: no work of beauty created by human hands should rival the wonders of their god.
Readers are taken into the lush depths of the bookseller's dreams, the memories of his now-empty family life, his passion for literature, then yanked back into the terror and drudgery of his daily routine by the vandalism, assaults, and death warrants that afflict him. Silently holding his ground, Boualem withstands the new regime, using the shop and his personal history as weapons against puritanical forces. From renowned Algerian author Tahar Djaout we inherit a brutal and startling story that reveals how far an ordinary human being will go to maintain hope.
Tahar Djaout (1954-93) was an Algerian novelist, poet, and journalist, and the author of twelve books, including Les vigiles, winner of the Prix Mediterranee.An outspoken critic of the extremism stirring his nation, he was assassinated by an Islamic fundamentalist group. The manuscript of this novel was found among his papers after his death.
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