{"product_id":"the-seine-was-red-paris-october-1961-9780253220233","title":"The Seine Was Red: Paris, October 1961","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe 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 incident provides the background for a more intimate look into the history of violence between France and Algeria. Following three young protagonists--one French, one Algerian, and one French national of Algerian descent--Sebbar takes readers on a journey of discovery and comprehension. Mildred Mortimer's impressive translation conveys the power of Sebbar's words in English and allows English-speaking readers an opportunity to understand the complex relationship between past and present, metropole and colony, immigrant and citizen, that lies at the heart of this acclaimed novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13293495\"\u003eLeïla Sebbar\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13059318\"\u003eMildred Mortimer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 6.36w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253220233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253220238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO012000\"\u003eMiddle Eastern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeïla Sebbar is one of the French-speaking world's most important writers. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eShérazade, Marguerite, La jeune fille au balcon, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSoldats.\u003c\/i\u003e She was born in Algeria and lives in Paris, France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMildred Mortimer is Professor of French at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She has translated Leïla Sebbar's \u003ci\u003eLe Silence des Rives\/Silence on the Shores\u003c\/i\u003e and has written several works on North African literature, including \u003ci\u003eMaghrebian Mosaic: A Literature in Transition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJourneys through the French African Novel.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Boulder, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685565599981,"sku":"9780253220233","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_e73f126c-73cb-4ab6-9c47-9f13edddd3bc.jpg?v=1649767437","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-seine-was-red-paris-october-1961-9780253220233","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}