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"With great tenderness, the author portrays the three old people, who are a piece of Algerian homeland for each other and thus protect each other from loneliness in a foreign country. At the same time, he gently brings the world of Maghreb immigrants closer to the European socialized readers.” – DeutschlandRadioKultur
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fixpoetry:
The novella "Gare Du Nord" by the Algerian-born writer Abdelkader Djemai, who has lived in France since 1993, is a gently nostalgic work about life and aging in exile, about the hopes and dreams of a generation of immigrants against the backdrop of Paris's Gare Du Nord. (...) more
germany radio culture:
It's no wonder that the three heroes of the novel keep going to Paris's North Station on their daily walks, fascinated by the departing and arriving trains, before walking back to their old people's home or the nearby bar in the Parisian immigrant district of La Goutte-d'Or. Longing – this term runs through the novel as a basic mood, although it is hardly mentioned. (...) more
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