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Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us: A Novel(Verso Fiction)


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A young revolutionary plants a bomb in a factory on the outskirts of Algiers during the Algerian War. The bomb is timed to explode after work hours, so no one will be hurt. But the authorities have been watching. He is caught, the bomb is defused, and he is tortured, tried in a day and sentenced to death by guillotine. A routine event, perhaps, in a brutal conflict that ended the lives of more than a million Muslim Algerians. But what if the militant is a "pied-noir"? What if his lover is a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust? What happens to a "European" who chooses the side of anti-colonialism? By turns lyrical, meditative, and heart-stoppingly suspenseful, this debut novel by Joseph Andras, based on a true story, was a literary and political sensation in France, winning the Prix Goncourt for First Novel and being acclaimed by Le Monde as "vibrantly lyrical and somber" and by the journal La Croix as a "masterpiece".

About the Author :
Joseph Andras is the author of the novels De nos frères blessés and Kanaky. Awarded the Prix Goncourt du premier roman for De nos frères blessés, he refused the prize, explaining his belief that "competition and rivalry were foreign to writing and creation".

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Vibrantly lyrical and somber...strikingly powerful A masterpiece Lyrical, precise, and rhythmic Empathic, nerve-wracking, and inspired A great book even before being a first book A clear-eyed recreation of postwar Communism and the armed battle against tyranny, shot through with intense prose and insight into the characters' inner lives. A promising debut ... Andras revives a lost moment in history Deeply affecting ... A remarkable book. Pithy ... in Leser's translation, Andras's prose is like the films of Jean-Pierre Melville, by turns raw and atmospheric, philosophical and hard-boiled. As cogent as it is compelling. Remarkable and original ... a short book that leaves a deep impression Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us subverts colonial morality and interrogates a philosophical dilemma that is still very much alive in our contemporary consciousness: how can Western powers torture, incarcerate, and execute "terrorists" without first reckoning with their own relentless, centuries-long terrorism? And who is to determine which side serves justice and which perishes? Tightly coiled ... Andras is fastidious about adhering to the known facts. His restraint is commendable Vivid ... Iveton not only becomes a historical symbol, but reanimated as a flesh-and-blood man who loved and was loved back Electrifying. ... Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us insists on plumbing the thorniest details of history's scandal, suggesting - convincingly - that certain truths are best revealed in fiction. Andras delivers a brisk, angry slap of outraged idealism . Powerful A stunning book Andras brings the story [of Fernand Iveton] back to life with painful immediacy and palpable urgency. Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us is a compact narrative with an elevated pulse and a singular purpose - to show how an unexceptional person may act exceptionally when oppression is too threatening to one's community to ignore. ... [Andras'] prose is lucid, unsparing but also animated by a certain poised affection for its oppressed characters. [His] unfussy, vivid phrasing may evoke the style of another Algeria-based novel - namely Camus' L'etranger. An intense portrait of a moment in history ... in an equally intense and lyrical translation by Simon Leser ... a powerful book [Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us] is just 137 pages long, but every one of them is taut and fraught, a nightmare of noble intentions gone horribly wrong. Short, intense, the best book I've read this month Editors' Choice A modern J'Accuse that puts the state in the dock ... condemnatory and heartfelt Tomorrow They Won't Dare to Murder Us is a lean, mean slab of righteous radicalism and unjust retribution. A consummate novelist, Joseph Andras is a talent not to be ignored. Subtle, concise, evocative, and poetic. Structured around the events of a few bleak months, the circumstances, both personal and political, that led Iveton to his predicament are revealed in flashbacks that are seamlessly inserted into the text. Compelling An austerely compelling account of the capture, trial and execution ... Andras's bleak account is leavened by passages of vibrant lyricism Like the love child of Camus' The Stranger and Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers: elemental, brutal and calm all at the same time. Tender and beautiful A short, very simply but beautifully written book


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781788738712
  • Publisher: Verso Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Verso Books
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 144
  • Series Title: Verso Fiction
  • Sub Title: A Novel
  • Width: 129 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1788738713
  • Publisher Date: 23 Feb 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Weight: 135 gr


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