Leïla Sebbar is one of the French-speaking world's most important writers. Her novels include Shérazade, Marguerite, La jeune fille au balcon, and Soldats. She was born in Algeria and lives in Paris, France.

Mildred Mortimer is Professor of French at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She has translated Leïla Sebbar's Le Silence des Rives/Silence on the Shores and has written several works on North African literature, including Maghrebian Mosaic: A Literature in Transition and Journeys through the French African Novel. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: Unearthing Hidden History by Mildred Mortimer

Nanterre. Amel. October 1996

Paris

Flora and Mina

Louis. Rue de La Santé

Nanterre. Amel and Omer

The Mother

October 1961

The Owner of the Atlas Café

Nanterre. Amel and Omer

The Mother

October 1961

Papon's Harki

Flora

Louis

Défense. Amel and Omer

The Mother

October 1961

The Algerian Rescued from the Water

République. Amel and Omer

October 1961

The Owner of the Goutte d'Or Café. Barbès

Flora

Louis

Flora

Louis

Place de la Concorde. Amel and Omer

The Mother

October 1961

The French Lover

Louis

Bonne Nouvelle. Amel and Omer

October 30, 1961

The French Student

Flora

Saint-Michel. Amel and Omer

The Mother

October 17, 1961

The Bookseller of Rue Saint-Séverin

Louis

Orly. Amel and Omer

The Mother

October 1961

The Cop at Clichy

Louis

Alexandria. Amel and Omer. Louis

Notes

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