{"product_id":"land-and-blood-mouloud-feraoun-9780813932217","title":"Land and Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eLand and Blood, \u003c\/em\u003e his second novel, the Algerian-Kabyle writer Mouloud Feraoun offers a detailed portrait of life for Algerian Kabyles in the 1920s and 1930s through the story of a Kabyle-Berber man, Amer. Like many Kabyle men of the 1930s, Amer leaves his village to work in the coal mines of France. While in France, he inadvertently kills his own uncle in an accident that sets in motion forces of betrayal and revenge once he returns home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike \u003cem\u003eThe Poor Man's Son, \u003c\/em\u003e his first fictional work, \u003cem\u003eLand and Blood\u003c\/em\u003e is not autobiographical but is rather the first in a series of novels Feraoun planned to write about immigrant ties between France and Algeria in the years leading up to World War II. Through Amer's story, Feraoun unveils what daily life was like in a poor village of colonial-era Algeria. Published in 1953, a year before the outbreak of the Algerian War, \u003cem\u003eLand and Blood\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fascinating account of Muslim, Berber-Arab social, cultural, and religious practices of rural Algeria in the pre-independence era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mouloud Feraoun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813932211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813932217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/28\/2012","brand":"Mouloud Feraoun","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059832320255,"sku":"9780813932217","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ccd988de-0270-45d9-a899-0a117b55c4a3.jpg?v=1685060584","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/land-and-blood-mouloud-feraoun-9780813932217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}