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Attacking Earth and Sun

Attacking Earth and SunBy: Mathieu Belezi

£15.99

Product Code: 9781635425154

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Brand:Mathieu Belezi
Dimensions 13.3 × 20.3 cm

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This searing historical fiction immerses us in the brutal early days of the 19th-century French colonization of Algeria. The highly anticipated English-language debut of a prize-winning author who tackles the taboo of France's colonial past. In search of a prosperous life, Séraphine and her family brave the dangerous journey to France's newly conquered Algerian territory, along with five hundred likeminded citizens. But the realities of the colony soon give the lie to the French government's promises: inadequate shelter, hostile weather, sickness, and a native population whose anger and desperation threaten to boil over into violence. As the settlers gradually, painfully establish a community and a church in this foreign land, the French army wreaks devastation on the Algerian people and their villages. Through the eyes of a soldier-constantly reminded by his captain, "You're no angels!"-we witness their shocking cruelty as they attempt to quell resistance.

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