Silence Is Death: The Life and Work of Tahar Djaout

by Julija Sukys

On May 26, 1993, the Algerian novelist and poet Tahar Djaout was gunned down in an attack attributed to Islamist extremists. An outspoken critic of the extremism roiling his nation, Djaout, in his death, became a powerful symbol for the "murder of Algerian culture," as scores of journalists, writers, and scholars were targeted in a swelling wave of violence. The author of twelve books of fiction and poetry, Djaout was murdered at a critical point...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803243200
• ISBN13: 9780803243200
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.6"