Smain Laacher or the Art of Saying Silence

Mondafrique

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In Algeria, my mother and I, Smain Laacher probes the intimate and collective fracture of Franco-Algerian exile, weaving an upsetting meditation on language, transmission and silence.A story that enlightens, without ever forcing, the riddle of filial bond.A chronicle by Karim SaadiSmain Laacher There are books that are not imposed by their brightness, but by their shadow. Algeria, my mother and I, of Smain Laacher, published by Grasset, belongs …