Journal, 1955-1962: Reflections on the French-Algerian War by Mouloud Feraoun (E

Description: Journal, 1955-1962 by Mouloud Feraoun, Mary Ellen Wolf, James D. Le Sueur, Claude Fouillade Gives an account of everyday life in Algeria during decolonization. This journal captures the heartbreak of a writer profoundly aware of the social and political turmoil of the time. It is suitable for those interested in the history of European colonialism and the tragedies of contemporary Algeria. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "This honest man, this good man, this man who never did wrong to anyone, who devoted his life to the public good, and who was one of the greatest writers in Algeria, has been murdered. . . . Not by accident, not by mistake, but called by his name and killed with preference." So wrote Germaine Tillion in Le Monde shortly after Mouloud Feraouns assassination by a right wing French terrorist group, the Organisation Armee Secrete, just three days before the official cease-fire ended Algerias eight-year battle for independence from France. However, not even the gunmen of the OAS could prevent Feraouns journal from being published. Journal, 1955-1962 appeared posthumously in French in 1962 and remains the single most important account of everyday life in Algeria during decolonization.Feraoun was one of Algerias leading writers. He was a friend of Albert Camus, Emmanuel Robles, Pierre Bourdieu, and other French and North African intellectuals. A committed teacher, he had dedicated his life to preparing Algerias youth for a better future. As a Muslim and Kabyle writer, his reflections on the war in Algeria afford penetrating insights into the nuances of Algerian nationalism, as well as into complex aspects of intellectual, colonial, and national identity. Feraouns Journal captures the heartbreak of a writer profoundly aware of the social and political turmoil of the time. This classic account, now available in English, should be read by anyone interested in the history of European colonialism and the tragedies of contemporary Algeria. Notes Feraouns Journal captures the heartbreak of a writer profoundly aware of the social and political turmoil of the time Author Biography James D. Le Sueur is an associate professor of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the editor of The Decolonization Reader and The Decolonization Sourcebook and the author of Uncivil War: Intellectuals and Identity Politics during the Decolonization of Algeria, Second Edition (Nebraska 2005). He contributed new material to Ben Abros Assassination! July 14 and Henri Allegs The Question, both available in Bison Books editions. Mary Ellen Wolf is an associate professor of French at New Mexico State University and the author of Eros under Glass: Psychoanalysis and Mallarmés "Hérodiade." Claude Fouillade is an associate professor of French at New Mexico State University. Review "[Feraouns] journal brings a unique perspective to what was perhaps the most brutal of the anticolonial wars. This is not a chronicle of war itself: rather, it is an intensely personal memoir detailing how the savage conflict affected the daily lives of people on both sides of the divide. Feraoun is clearly sympathetic to the rebel cause, but he is no mere shill for their side. He passionately examines the human condition with all its flaws and nobility, yet he occasionally describes events with an eerie detachment. Since he was assassinated by a French terrorist group just three days before the cease-fire that ended the war, his account is especially poignant. An emotionally draining and important work."--Booklist, July 2000"Mouloud Feraoun was an admirable man and this is a worthy book."--Morning Star, 16 October 2000 As a chronicle of what the break meant when it was taking place on the village streets and in the countryside, in the homes of the people most directly affected by its endless cruelty, the journal that Feraoun kept, at the urging of his friend Robles, somewhat irregularly, from 1955 until 1961, is indispensable. It is also entirely without philosophical affectation, a profound and concrete commentary on issues that would arise again in the north-south crises in the following decades, of which the Algerian revolution was, one might say, the laboratory. After years of anti-colonial and post-colonial theory, Feraouns journal is truly refreshing to read. In its pages a genuinely free man reflects on relations of power between the conqueror and the conquered, on the place of intellectuals and teachers in a political war, on the effect of repression and resistance on families and neighbors, friends and communities. The simplicity with which Feraoun approached these terrible events was a literary strategy, a literary accomplishment---and proof that he had a better grasp of the meaning of his countrys history than did most commentators in Paris and elsewhere. Keeping his journal, moreover, was an act of courage: people where arrested and killed for less overt expressions of sympathy for the rebellion..." "They both (Feraoun and Camus) learned French with the simplicity and the clarity that characterize that languages best prose: they are the kinds of writers who seem, when you first encounter them, easy to read, and turn out to be far more difficult to understand. They always say much more than you thought they said. This is, of course, one definition of classical literature; and both Camus, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, and Feraoun, who is probably the most widely-read French-language Algerian writer of the century (after Camus), were part of the French canon by the late 1950s..." "Tersely and eloquently, Feraoun summed up in the pages of his journal the injustice of the colonial system, but unlike the Paris intellectuals he did not dwell upon it, preferring to keep notes on what actually happened to actual people with whom he was acquainted..." "Feraouns journal became one of the most important books to emerge from the Algerian conflict. It is an essential human document, a real war book... The Algerian war... remains an unavoidable reference point in the debate over the kind of world we will live in. And this debate was foreshadowed in Feraouns journal, as in the polemical writings of Camus and Amrouche. For this reason, the publication of this English translation of Feraouns Journal is very welcome..." The New Republic Promotional Feraouns Journal captures the heartbreak of a writer profoundly aware of the social and political turmoil of the time Review Quote "[Feraoun] passionately examines the human condition with all its flaws and nobility, yet he occasionally describes events with an eerie detachment. Since he was assassinated by a French terrorist group just three days before the cease-fire that ended the war, his account is especially poignant. An emotionally draining and important work."-- Booklist Details ISBN080326903X Author Claude Fouillade Short Title JOURNAL 1955-1962 Language English ISBN-10 080326903X ISBN-13 9780803269033 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY B Year 2000 Subtitle Reflections on the French-Algerian War Country of Publication United States Translated from French Pages 340 Translator Mary Ellen Wolf DOI 10.1604/9780803269033 UK Release Date 2000-06-01 AU Release Date 2000-06-01 NZ Release Date 2000-06-01 US Release Date 2000-06-01 Illustrations Maps Imprint Bison Books Place of Publication Nebraska Edited by James D. Le Sueur Publisher University of Nebraska Press Publication Date 2000-06-01 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159724866;

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