A family. Composed of four members. The mother, his son Adel, Yasmine and her two daughters Sarah, whose brother Hamza the Madman, and granddaughter, Mouna. A widow and three children fatherless. The latter? Broke prematurely by a "blind bullet". This family, which plays the role of protagonist in The ballerinas Papicha *, the first novel Kaouther Adim, lives in a building in the heart of Algiers.
But it differs from other families in the building because it combines a number of characteristics that are at the edge of marginality. The feelings of the neighbors regarding this family are very mixed. Sometimes compassion. Sometimes of ridicule. But our main character is not fooled. The mother and her children are well aware that they are the talk of the neighborhood.
All these people live under the same roof. Large and small are faced with the boredom, the difficulties of life, lack of prospects and mental tribulations. Throughout the story narrated in first person, each family member, in its way, according to its own language, through its categories of thought, reveals his views and his version of life in this city White is in name only.
Everyone talks about self, others, neighborhood and city. Everyone says. Confess. Us into his inner world. Reveals his discomfort. Makes us witness to the madness that has become embedded in the body of this family. Sleepless The novel opens with an image of Adel. Snuggled in bed in a fetal position, he cries in his blanket.
Tears "of shame and frustration." While he is caught in the hellish ride of insomnia, he invites us to look behind the scenes of his life, which he likens to a nightmare. Adel shivers of fear and panic. He is overwhelmed by the discomfort and malaise. The anxiety and discomfort give "feeling sick, to vomit." Then the author takes us to Eden, a bar where Adel fled to drink and kill time.
The look that his entourage landed on him is negative or derogatory. Not only is it treated sissy, but he was targeted by a hostile group of men who take advantage of her vulnerability and beat up. Yasmine is the second key figure in this novel. She "loves the sleepless nights, see the day dawn and sunrise over the city." She is a student.
It represents a valuable witness for his comments and his speech allow us to experience things the street, we introduce in the student environment, to familiarize ourselves with the problems of youth. Yasmine is beautiful. It is coveted by men. But she has set her sights on Nazim, his neighbor.
In a speech tinged with irony, she recounts her relationship with the boy, their first touching, kissing and words exchanged. Nazim love. But Yasmine does not share his feelings. She agreed to go out with him for revenge and teach him a lesson. Sarah, the wife of Hamza, the Madman, is the third member of this family without a name.
She is a painter. She returned to live with her parents and her husband, she shows us a man who slipped into madness. Sarah tells her troubles with her husband. Discusses his ras-le-bol delusions Proceedings Hamza, his future plans are thrown into the water, the passing years. Sarah is bitter, sad and desperate.
She lost confidence in her. Mouna is the daughter of Sarah and Hamza. This little schoolgirl ballerinas blue is defined as a Papicha [pussy in Algerian slang]. She is bored at school and thinks that studying is useless. She dreams of marrying Kamel, the seller of chips. Mouna is disillusioned even before experienced.
Adel's mother, Yasmin and Sarah has no name. She lives in the same apartment as his children, with whom she has no verbal exchange but is content to serve them and watch them without uttering a word. However, when the front window, she starts talking. All alone. She believes her children are "idiots", the "remained", the "unconscious".
Then it was the turn of Hamza, the husband of Sarah painter, to lay bare to reveal aspects of his personality and his relationship with his wife. He says he is devastated by the madness of his wife, who spends his time mixing the colors. Along with stolen shoes testimony of family members, the author gives voice to secondary characters, including men.
In late night, while Adel has difficulty falling asleep, Kamel and his pals stick together at the entrance to their building. And, while consuming the whiskey and drugs, they discuss everything and anything. Then talk about their discomfort, boredom, their daily routine is stultifying and banal.
Some sell stolen shoes. Other furniture. Their speeches highlighted the views converged on their ras-le-bol of the life they lead in this town boredom, but while some believe that the solution lies in migration to Europe to experience the "true life ", others advocate the need to stay to build the country.
Through these characters, we Kaouther Adim introduced into a society where human beings are left to their own, struggling with difficulties in physical, social and identity. A world where every individual invents a life, a future, a reason for living and being. To forget. Pass the time.
To give the illusion to exist. Even if for some pretend is the order of the impossible, since at the end of the story, a man committed suicide. Who? Adel? Hamza? A local youth who spend their time to drown their despair in alcohol, drugs and dreams of another life? Who? Whatever! For the purpose of Kaouther Adim is to alert the daily population adrift, with no other alternative than doing, crafts, migration dream, despair, madness, death and property other subterfuges to discover throughout this novel that captivates and moves to tears. 
But it differs from other families in the building because it combines a number of characteristics that are at the edge of marginality. The feelings of the neighbors regarding this family are very mixed. Sometimes compassion. Sometimes of ridicule. But our main character is not fooled. The mother and her children are well aware that they are the talk of the neighborhood.
All these people live under the same roof. Large and small are faced with the boredom, the difficulties of life, lack of prospects and mental tribulations. Throughout the story narrated in first person, each family member, in its way, according to its own language, through its categories of thought, reveals his views and his version of life in this city White is in name only.
Everyone talks about self, others, neighborhood and city. Everyone says. Confess. Us into his inner world. Reveals his discomfort. Makes us witness to the madness that has become embedded in the body of this family. Sleepless The novel opens with an image of Adel. Snuggled in bed in a fetal position, he cries in his blanket.
Tears "of shame and frustration." While he is caught in the hellish ride of insomnia, he invites us to look behind the scenes of his life, which he likens to a nightmare. Adel shivers of fear and panic. He is overwhelmed by the discomfort and malaise. The anxiety and discomfort give "feeling sick, to vomit." Then the author takes us to Eden, a bar where Adel fled to drink and kill time.
The look that his entourage landed on him is negative or derogatory. Not only is it treated sissy, but he was targeted by a hostile group of men who take advantage of her vulnerability and beat up. Yasmine is the second key figure in this novel. She "loves the sleepless nights, see the day dawn and sunrise over the city." She is a student.
It represents a valuable witness for his comments and his speech allow us to experience things the street, we introduce in the student environment, to familiarize ourselves with the problems of youth. Yasmine is beautiful. It is coveted by men. But she has set her sights on Nazim, his neighbor.
In a speech tinged with irony, she recounts her relationship with the boy, their first touching, kissing and words exchanged. Nazim love. But Yasmine does not share his feelings. She agreed to go out with him for revenge and teach him a lesson. Sarah, the wife of Hamza, the Madman, is the third member of this family without a name.
She is a painter. She returned to live with her parents and her husband, she shows us a man who slipped into madness. Sarah tells her troubles with her husband. Discusses his ras-le-bol delusions Proceedings Hamza, his future plans are thrown into the water, the passing years. Sarah is bitter, sad and desperate.
She lost confidence in her. Mouna is the daughter of Sarah and Hamza. This little schoolgirl ballerinas blue is defined as a Papicha [pussy in Algerian slang]. She is bored at school and thinks that studying is useless. She dreams of marrying Kamel, the seller of chips. Mouna is disillusioned even before experienced.
Adel's mother, Yasmin and Sarah has no name. She lives in the same apartment as his children, with whom she has no verbal exchange but is content to serve them and watch them without uttering a word. However, when the front window, she starts talking. All alone. She believes her children are "idiots", the "remained", the "unconscious".
Then it was the turn of Hamza, the husband of Sarah painter, to lay bare to reveal aspects of his personality and his relationship with his wife. He says he is devastated by the madness of his wife, who spends his time mixing the colors. Along with stolen shoes testimony of family members, the author gives voice to secondary characters, including men.
In late night, while Adel has difficulty falling asleep, Kamel and his pals stick together at the entrance to their building. And, while consuming the whiskey and drugs, they discuss everything and anything. Then talk about their discomfort, boredom, their daily routine is stultifying and banal.
Some sell stolen shoes. Other furniture. Their speeches highlighted the views converged on their ras-le-bol of the life they lead in this town boredom, but while some believe that the solution lies in migration to Europe to experience the "true life ", others advocate the need to stay to build the country.
Through these characters, we Kaouther Adim introduced into a society where human beings are left to their own, struggling with difficulties in physical, social and identity. A world where every individual invents a life, a future, a reason for living and being. To forget. Pass the time.
To give the illusion to exist. Even if for some pretend is the order of the impossible, since at the end of the story, a man committed suicide. Who? Adel? Hamza? A local youth who spend their time to drown their despair in alcohol, drugs and dreams of another life? Who? Whatever! For the purpose of Kaouther Adim is to alert the daily population adrift, with no other alternative than doing, crafts, migration dream, despair, madness, death and property other subterfuges to discover throughout this novel that captivates and moves to tears.
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