{"product_id":"a-waltz-paperback-softback-9780813952574","title":"A Waltz (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813952574","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Waltz\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLynda Chouiten (Author), Skyler Artes (Translated by), Mildred Mortimer (Afterword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813952574\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e148 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.232 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn important new voice in Algerian literature. . . \u003ci\u003eUne Valse\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2019, the year that saw Algeria’s \u003ci\u003ehirak\u003c\/i\u003e – the massive demonstrations throughout the country that led to the fall of president Abdelaziz Boutiflika – captures the mood of the times. Algerians whose dreams of wider horizons and a freer society had been shattered have now opted for change, cautiously optimistic as they embrace their uncertain future.\" - \u003cem\u003eJournal of North African Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA prize-winning novel from one of Algeria’s rising literary stars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Waltz\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynda Chouiten depicts an irreverent and creative woman with an artistic temperament navigating the stiflingly conservative society in which she was raised. The narrative follows the path of Chahira, a seamstress from El Moudja—a fictional small coastal town in the Kabyle region of Algeria—to an international design competition in Vienna. Along the way, \u003ci\u003eA Waltz\u003c\/i\u003e expresses the strain of competing value systems, regional identities and expectations, and a cacophony of voices bearing down upon one woman while asking challenging questions about the nature of madness, confinement, and resistance to a patriarchal world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702554915096,"sku":"9780813952574","price":15.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-waltz-paperback-softback-9780813952574","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}