On a quiet backstreet in Algiers is an unremarkable building with a remarkable history ...
Kaouther Adimi is a young Algerian novelist living in France. A Bookshop in Algiers is her third novel - the first to be published in English - and was published in France in 2017, where it sold over 50,000 copies and received nominations for the Prix Goncourt and Medicis and won the Prix Renaudot des lyceens and the Prix du Style.
'Truly potent ... Adimi confronts us with episodes that are simply
never spoken of in France' - The New York Times Book Review
'If you're in a bookshop browsing, then A Bookshop In Algiers is
for you, by definition. A beautiful little novel about books,
history, ambition and the importance of literature to everyone,
especially people who are trying to find a voice.' - Nick
Hornby
'A Bookshop in Algiers reminds us that in literature, as in life,
we belong to a place only temporarily - and we shape it according
to our memories' - Financial Times
'A splendid declaration of love to literature' - Elle
'Adimi refuses to make Charlot's life a tragedy. Instead, she's
told a moving story of his efforts to push so many worthy writers
toward posterity's heights.' - Harper's
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