A Bookshop in Algiers

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Kitabın en güzel yanı Kaouther Adimi’nin arşivleri, kitapları, söyleşileri tarayarak oluşturduğu Charlot’nun kurmaca günlüğü. The story in this short novella, is told in two streams one in set in 2017 and the other which is in a diary entry form narrated by Charlot and spans 1930s, through WW2 and Algiers resistance through to 1961.

A pesar de la falta de recursos, de los tiempos convulsos, y de los intereses en contra, Edmond Charlot siguió adelante con su pequeña librería y con su editorial, publicando los libros de muchos de los escritores franceses y argelinos del momento.Highly recommended to literature connoisseurs and those who enjoy basking in the light of other cultures. Kağıt bulamıyorsunuz, cepheye çağrılıyorsunuz,bastığınız kitaplar ‘tehlikeli’ görünürse hapis yatıyorsunuz,Cezayir özgürlüğünü savunduğunuz halde Fransız olduğunuz için dükkanınız bombalanıyor,sürgün ediliyorsunuz,köksüz bırakılıyorsunuz. It served as a painting and sculpture gallery and he hosted events featuring local and visiting speakers. Also, I hope that these little vignettes from the world I inhabit will bring you some feelings of peace and comfort as well as they will have a calming effect on you by cultivating a loving and gentle space for all readers. Having spent the core of my childhood in Algeria, I'll pick up pretty much any new book in English by an Algerian author.

This book might be small in size, just under 150 pages, but it is dense with captivating literally anecdotes related to both Algerian and French titans of literature as well as with many unique perspectives on the history and culture of Algeria throughout the 20th century.I also found the personal stories of those struggling to keep the publishing house going while living through the years leading to independence very moving. Charlot gründete in den 30er Jahren eine Buchhandlung in Algier, die von Beginn an viel mehr als eine Buchhandlung war. When the schools finally were integrated, the French boys wore white shirts and ties but the Arab boys were made to wear a fez with a purple tassel and an orange jacket – just a made-up getup that had nothing to do with their traditional dress.

Dans ce roman, l'auteure nous raconte le parcours passionnant d'Edmond Charlot, libraire, éditeur, bibliothécaire, et "accoucheur" de nouveaux écrivains (dont le célèbre Albert Camus) et ce depuis l'ouverture de sa petite librairie baptisée "Les Vraies Richesses" au 2 bis de la rue Hamani (ex rue Charras) à Alger durant les années 30 du siècle dernier, jusqu'à la disparition (fictive, heureusement) de cette librairie en 2017.The history of independence is also intertwined, with characters observing: We become exotic in our own country and pogroms occurring in 1961 Paris against Arabs. A mon humble avis, ces passages auraient été moins ennuyants s'ils avaient été intégrés dans le journal de Charlot.

Sadece Charlot ve kitabevinin hikayesini değil; Abdallah ve Ryad karakterleriyle de başka bir evrenin kapılarını aralıyor.Sono tre le storie che si intrecciano e ognuna dà modo di scoprire aspetti e lati diversi della città di Algeri. Above all, its a homage to the spirit of collaboration - more exactly to collaborativeness, a word which brings a red underlining from Microsoft but which describes the spirit of collaboration (rather than just the action) and avoids the negative wartime associations). He also defended the idea of "Mediterranean civilisation" as a force for peace and artistic excellence in a world rent asunder by politics and war.