{"product_id":"the-earthquake-paperback","title":"The Earthquake - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTahir Wattar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Granara\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne afternoon, Shaykh Abdelmajid Boularwah embarks upon a journey. He is\u003cbr\u003elooking for distant relatives: Boularwah's immediate family are ruthless, rich and\u003cbr\u003ecollaborate with colonial authorities. He hopes his long-lost relatives, who are\u003cbr\u003eunknown to the new communist government, might be better placed to help him defraud\u003cbr\u003eit. Through a labyrinth of back alleys and memories, he makes his way from\u003cbr\u003eAlgiers across the seven bridges of Constantine, battling the forces of a\u003cbr\u003erapidly changing society alongside his own demons and traversing the difficult\u003cbr\u003eroad of colonialism to independence, tradition to modernity, hope to despair\u003cbr\u003eand from one failed ideology to another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the early 1970s, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Earthquake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e offers\u003cbr\u003ea lucid vision of post-colonial Algeria -- a society in chaos, a world turned\u003cbr\u003eupside down. Pioneering novelist Tahir Wattar both foretells the dreadful\u003cbr\u003eevents which would later besiege his country and presciently demonstrates the\u003cbr\u003eevils of intolerance, ignorance, social classism and religious extremism in\u003cbr\u003ethis modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTahir Wattar\u003c\/b\u003e (1936-2010) was a pioneer of the modern Arabic novel in\u003cbr\u003eAlgeria. Born into a Berber family in Sedrata, he was a supporter of\u003cbr\u003earabisation in the wake of Algerian independence. In addition to his many\u003cbr\u003enovels, he wrote several plays and short stories. His works have been\u003cbr\u003etranslated into French, Spanish and Italian and adapted for the theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695285669951,"sku":"9780863569630","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/771f6b8969da77041bce67bb97f9c10f.webp?v=1765003264","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-earthquake-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}