A Bookshop in Algiers

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Pequeñas riquezas es una librería que abre sus puertas a principios del siglo XX con mucha ilusión y con muchas ideas en mente por parte de nuestro personaje. Con Nuestras riquezas asistimos al nacimiento y muerte de una librería, aunque yo más bien diría a un sueño. Yeni yazarlar keşfetmelerini ve Camus’nün Tersi ve Yüzü’nü almalarını sağlamaya çalıştım, ama hiç umurlarında olmadı. Pero, incluso convertida en biblioteca, el establecimiento no resulta fácil de mantener y al final, termina siendo vendido para convertirse en pastelería, muy a pesar del bibliotecario de ese momento, a quien le duele que la gente parezca haber dejado de interesarse por la literatura.

Mixing past and present, reality and invention, history and intimate everyday life, Kaouther Adimi leads us with finesse and simplicity through the alleys of an imaginative city and gives life to the novel of a ferryman of books and ideas who was, perhaps without knowing it, the secret creator of much of the best literature of the twentieth century. No encuentro las palabras para transmitir lo maravilloso que ha sido perderme en las páginas de este pequeño gran libro. L'auteure nous fait voyager dans le temps (passé et présent) et dans l'espace (les deux rives de la méditerranée). He also defended the idea of "Mediterranean civilisation" as a force for peace and artistic excellence in a world rent asunder by politics and war. It explores the history of Algeria and, above all, a profession that cannot be understood without the love of books and that is fundamental for the survival of literature.It`s a beautifully constructed book, easy to read but with plenty of echoes which resound after you`ve put the book down. I have recently been pondering what it means to exist within culture, what it means to have an effect upon culture, and what it means to allow culture to affect your outlook. The young man is literally told to trash the books and he struggles to figure out what he actually should do with them. Finally, there are short chapters in between that recount historical events and serve as a guide to give the reader context.

Evet ya, her şey yolunda: Kitaplar alfabetik sıraya göre dizilmiş, sanat eserleri hemen üste asılmış ve burada sadece edebiyata, sanata ve dostluğa yer var.This book might be small in size, just under 150 pages, but it is dense with captivating literally anecdotes related to both Algerian and French titans of literature as well as with many unique perspectives on the history and culture of Algeria throughout the 20th century. Going between the 1930’s-1960’s and present day, we see two different characters and their relationships with books, and how books change them. I have never been to Algeria and am not very knowledgeable about the Algerian revolution or about the country. Bu kısımlar ilginç ve düşündürücü olmakla birlikte biraz daha geliştirilmeye muhtaç, şu haliyle iki karakterin çatışması biraz yarım kalmış ve kitabı da biraz didaktikleştirmiş maalesef. No obstante, la historia comienza con el fin de la librería, más tarde convertida en biblioteca cuando ya no vende ningún libro y es de alguna manera rescatada por los organismos públicos de Argel.