The Seine Was Red: Paris, October 1961

by Leïla Sebbar

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Le la Sebbar's novel recounts an event in French history that has been hidden for many years. Toward the end of the Algerian war, the FLN, an Algerian nationalist party, organized a demonstration in Paris to oppose a curfew imposed upon Algerians in France. About 30,000 Algerians gathered peacefully, but the protest was brutally suppressed by the Paris police. Between 50 and 200 Algerians were killed and their bodies were thrown into the Seine. This...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0253352460

ISBN13:9780253352460

Release Date:September 2008

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Length:116 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Contemporary Criticism & Theory Foreign Language Fiction Genre Fiction History & Criticism Literary Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Political

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