Books by Yasmina Khadra
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review 1: By : Yasmina KhadraBook : What the Day Owes the NightPages : 392Time period : 1930's - 2010Younes is the main character in the story/Muslim/Arab. A boy who once lived with his father but because of some crucial occasions happened to them. His father gave him up to his brother to ...
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review 1: Beautiful and gripping, not just the love story but the story of Algeria. But I got a little bit tired of the exclusively male perspective - there were several female characters that I found interesting, but it sometimes seemed they were given the attention of the main character ...
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review 1: I couldn't claim it wasn't a good book but there was something truly wrong with the English translation. I didn't like the main character's weak personality and how he wasted precious chances throughout his life. I would have liked if the book pursued the life of his mother and s...
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review 1: Yasmina Khadra is one of my favorite author. This ex-military has written excellent books, my two favorite being The Attack and What the day owes the night. I will focus for this review on What the day owes the night which has been translated into English in 2010.This book has a ...
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review 1: Through the window, which is open on to the deep blue sky where the moon glitters like a medal, I prepare myself to watch, in slow motion, the parade of my misdeeds, my joys, the familiar faces. I hear them arrive, a thunderous roar like a rockslide. How should I sort them? How s...