Ahlem Mosteghanemi is een gevierde Algerijnse auteur, erkend als een van de meest bekende Arabischsprekende vrouwelijke romanschrijvers ter wereld. Haar onderscheidende proza duikt in de complexiteit van menselijke emoties en maatschappelijke dynamiek, en onderzoekt de ingewikkeldheden van relaties en culturele identiteit. Met een krachtige vertelstijl boeit ze lezers door diepgaande reflecties te bieden op de moderne Arabische ervaring. Haar werk staat bekend om zijn lyrische kwaliteit en zijn verkenning van de nuances van liefde en verlies.
From the most successful writer in the Arab world (Forbes), a sweeping, beautifully written love story between a former fighter in Algeria's wars of independence and the daughter of a revolutionary hero.
Spanning more than half a century of Algeria's tumultuous recent history, The Dust of Promises is a lyrical love story about freedom and fate, identity and belonging. A poignant tale of secret lovers brought together and pulled apart as they navigate Algeria's changing political landscape--from the heady, bright peaks of independence to the dark depths of corruption and disillusionment--this is a sweeping epic and an arresting ode to a once-great country.
'Love always sits in a seat other than the one we were expecting it to, right alongside the place where we expected love to be'In the midst of the Algerian civil war, Hayat is a young novelist trapped in a loveless marriage. While her husband, a high-ranking officer, preoccupies himself with politics, Hayat finds freedom from her highly regimented life in the world of her writing. There she weaves a passionate story for her characters. But the line between fiction and reality blurs when she falls for a man who seems to have walked straight out of the pages of her notebook, a man who seduces her, instead of her heroine, with his silence.As love on paper becomes a forbidden love lived out in the dark corners of a broken city, Hayat's country convulses with political upheaval. In a place where those who dare to write the truth are made to pay a heavy price, she and her characters will discover that no one can truly be the author of their own destiny.The second novel in the international bestselling trilogy from 'the literary phenomenon' (Elle), Ahlem Mosteghanemi, Chaos of the Senses is a powerful story of love, identity and liberation.