The Earthquake
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Saqi Books
Published:6th Feb '24
Should be back in stock very soon
The Earthquake offers a lucid vision of post-colonial Algeria — a society in chaos, a world turned upside down. Pioneering novelist Tahir Wattar both foretells the dreadful events which would later besiege his country and presciently demonstrates the evils of intolerance, ignorance, social classism and religious extremism in this modern classic.
‘One of the modern Arabic classics’ * World Literature Today *
'‘Prophetic in its exposure of the misuse of religion for political purposes' * Middle East News *
‘The republication of this classic Algerian novel is an important milestone in African literature’
‘Wattar’s novel resounds with the painful veracity of a country's appearance after independence … It is a brilliant and timeless tale.’ -- The New Arab
ISBN: 9780863569630
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 20mm
Weight: 250g
208 pages