Le Mont des genĂȘts
work by Bourboune
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Le Mont des genĂȘts is a novel by Algerian writer Mourad Bourboune, published in 1962. The title translates to "The Mountain of Broom."1
The novel depicts the fall of the old societal order and the dawn of a new era, marked by the Algerian War for Independence that began with the insurrection of November 1, 1954. Bourboune, like many Algerian writers of his time, used his work to critique the new state's oppressiveness and its religious traditionalism.1
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