Books by Yasmina Khadra
“The story in this book is very simple. It’s a love story between Emilie, a French girl living in Algeria and Younes, who calls himself Jonas, to pass off as a more European person among his friends. He falls in love with her, but then, with the fight for independence, he’s torn between his native roots and world that’s exploited and this European way of life…It’s a beautiful, beautiful book. Yasmina Khadra writes beautifully, very simply. He’s underappreciated, I think. He uses a female name because he used to be a general in the army, so he was not allowed to write…So he took his wife’s name, and as a tribute, he decided to keep it. He’s written over 30 novels. He’s a global phenomenon: we all know Yasmina Khadra.” Read more...
Xavier Le Clerc, Novelist
Interviews where books by Yasmina Khadra were recommended
The best books on Algeria, recommended by Xavier Le Clerc
In his book, A Man With No Title, Xavier Le Clerc tells the story of his father, who was born in extreme poverty in the mountains of Algeria and emigrated to France to give his children a better life. Here he recommends books by some of Algeria’s greatest writers—and explains how they shed light on his father’s life and Algeria’s experience of French colonialism.
