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In 1970, Nabile Fares interviewed African-American author James Baldwin for Jeune Afrique magazine. What begins in this book as an interview with Baldwin confronting the history of Black America leads Fares into a journey through his own past. Vivid encounters in France and Spain connect with Fares' remembrances of his native Algeria, its war for independence, and the effect it had on his childhood. The original interview with Baldwin is included.
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In 1970, Nabile Fares received the surprise opportunity to interview influential African-American author James Baldwin for Jeune Afrique magazine. What begins in this book as an interview with Baldwin confronting the true history of Black America leads Fares into a journey through his own past. Vivid encounters in France and Spain connect with Fare's remembrances of his native Algeria, its war for independence, and the traumatizing effect it had on him as a child. The original magazine interview with Baldwin is included."It is Fares's unique sensitivity to the power of allegory that gives his work its distinctive place in Maghrebi literature. His work marks a turning point and foreshadows the tragedy to come in Algeria."---Reda Bensmaia, Brown University"This gifted author defines for his characters a newfound freedom that is not dominated by one purview but rather many ideas. It is here, in this unique, multicultural space, that Fare's engages the diverse complexities of our globalized age before we even knew they existed."---Valerie K. Orlando, University of Maryland
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