Description
Set against the pressures of modern Algeria, this double-threaded novel follows an educated Algerian woman navigating a world shaped by male authority and social constraint. As her private life collides with public expectations, the story also reaches backward and outward, tracing the echoes of history that continue to define what freedom can mean. With lyrical intensity and clear-eyed realism, the book explores identity, gendered power, and the cost of self-determination in a society that limits women’s choices. Through its interwoven perspectives, it becomes both a personal portrait and a broader meditation on memory, resistance, and the long reach of the past.
Available Editions
paperback
Seven Stories Press
Published Jan 1, 2002
ISBN: 9781583221075
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Details
First Published
2002
Language
fra
Translation
From: ara
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for So Vast the Prison by Assia Djebar.