What the Day Owes the Night

by Yasmina Khadra

Book Overview

'Darling, this is Younes. Yesterday he was my nephew, today he is our son'.

Younes' life is changed forever when his poverty-stricken parents surrender him to the care of his more affluent uncle. Re-named Jonas, he grows up in a colourful colonial Algerian town, and forges a unique friendship with a group of boys, an enduring bond that nothing - not even the Algerian Revolt - will shake. He meets Emilie - a beautiful, beguiling girl who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099540452
• ISBN13: 9780099540458
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"