CRITIQUE – The writer and the designer offer us a stroll through the Algerian capital. A strong emotion, in resonance with current events.
There is a special emotion to read today Algiers Theorythe beautiful wandering of Sébastien Lapaque illustrated by the features of Jacques Ferrandez, painter and designer born in the Algerian capital. Particular emotion because we cannot get rid of what is happening at the moment with the sad deterioration of Franco-Algerian relations. Sad and serious: Boualem Sansal is imprisoned in Algiers, and Kamel Daoud, winner of the Goncourt 2024, who had prefaced Algerian suitesde Ferrandez, will probably never be able to return to his native country.
We know Sébastien Lapaque, our colleague from Literary Figaro, for his Brazilian passion. Perhaps some people don't know that it is one of the best guides to Algiers. He has been there often, he knows everything about the city and a lot of the country, its history, its contemporary politics as well as its music and literature. Its Theory illustrates it wonderfully. Besides, we enter the book through a singer…
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