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The African Equation by Yasmina Khadra
Category: Fiction
"Khadra brings us deep into the hearts and minds of people living in unspeakable mental anguish."--Los Angeles Times "A skilled storyteller working at the height of his powers."--Times Literary Supplement "Like all the great storytellers of history, [Khadra] espouses the contradictions of his characters ...Show more
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
Category: Fiction
Ammine, a surgeon in a Jerusalem hospital, struggles to cope with the mangled bodies of victims of a suicide bombing in a downtown Jerusalem pizza restaurant. He is harassed, well-meaning, utterly dedicated and professional âÃÂàand a naturalised Israeli Arab. When the police pin responsibility ...Show more
The Attack by Yasmina Khadra
Category: Fiction
From the bestselling author of "The Swallows of Kabul" comes this timely and haunting novel that powerfully illuminates the devastating human costs of terrorism.Dr. Amin Jaafari is an Arab-Israeli surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. As an admired and respected member of his community, he has carved a spa ...Show more
The Dictator's Last Night by Yasmina Khadra
Category: Fiction
People say I am a megalomaniac. It is not true. I am an exceptional being, providence incarnate, envied by the gods, able to make a faith of his cause. October 2011. In the dying days of the Libyan civil war, Muammar Gaddafi is hiding out in his home town of Sirte along with his closest advisors. In t ...Show more
The Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra (tr from French John Cullen)
Category: Fiction
Moshen and his wife, Zunaira, met at the university and once looked forward to a happy and prosperous life together. But Moshem's dream of becoming a diplomat, halted by the war with Russia, dies with the ascendancy of the Taliban. Zunaira, formerly a lawyer who worked for women's rights, can no longer ...Show more
What the Day Owes the Night by Yasmina Khadra
Category: Fiction
'Darling, this is Younes. Yesterday he was my nephew, today he is our son' Younes' life is changed forever when his poverty-stricken parents surrender him to the care of his more affluent uncle. Renamed Jonas, he grows up in a colourful colonial Algerian town, and forges a unique friendship with a group ...Show more
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