So vast the prison
by Djebar, Assia
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"Djebar's fiction, like that of Nadine Gordimer and Edna O'Brien, wrestles with issues of oppression and the subtle ways language and history enforce it."--BOOK JACKET.
"So Vast the Prison tells the story of a modern, educated Algerian woman, raised in the years of Colonial oppression and the Algerian War, whose older brother was imprisoned in France. She watches her marriage disintegrate in a society intolerant of women, even as she marvels at the closeness of women among themselves at the ritual baths and in other gatherings.
Woven into the woman's personal life story is the ancient history of her land, including the loss of its early languages, the massive destruction suffered in wars of conquest, and the quirks of chance which enabled traces to remain."--BOOK JACKET.
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So vast the prison: a novel
2001, Seven Stories Press, Distributed by Publishers Group West
in English
- 1st trade pbk. ed.
1583220674 9781583220672
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