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The Wedding That Wouldn't End

Hamid Touati wanted fifty people. A nice meal. One night.

Set in Aïn El Assel, eastern Algeria

Novel 02 of 16

The Color of Saturday

"The word Saturday is yellow."

Novel 03 of 16

The Mirror House

"The notary's office smelled of cedar and old paper, which Nadia would later think of as the smell of inheritance."

Set in The Casbah, Algiers

Novel 04 of 16

Mouni & The Thread

She had been reaching for the edge of her sleeve for two years without knowing why.

Set in M'sila, then south into the deep desert

Novel 05 of 16

The Radio

On the evening of the fourteenth of March, Said Brahimi heard his own wedding announced on the radio. The wedding had taken place in 1976.

Set in M'sila

Novel 06 of 16

The Well

He came to the well alone, as it was always done.

Set in A village on the Algerian plateau

Novel 07 of 16

The Lullaby

Listen. A woman is singing.

Set in M'sila

Novel 08 of 16

The Map Thief

"A map is not the territory. But when a map is the only document of the territory, it becomes the territory."

Set in The National Archives, Algiers

Novel 09 of 16

The Night Shift

The handover happened at seven, as it always did. Twelve beds occupied. Three in observation. Two pending discharge. One that Fouad does not want to talk about.

Set in Mustapha hospital, Algiers

Novel 10 of 16

The Djazairi Protocol

Tarek Zidane was not supposed to go to the Moon. He was the backup's backup.

Set in Sidi Bel Abbès, then the Moon

Novel 11 of 16

The Counterfeit Saint

Hamid Touati is a con man. Not a great one, a good enough one.

Set in Tiaret, then a village no one has heard of

Novel 12 of 16

The Laughter Tax

There is a particular silence that fills a house when the person whose laugh made it a home is gone.

Set in M'sila

Novel 13 of 16

All Our Tomorrows Were Yesterday

He did not look back. She did not leave.

Set in Oran and Marseille

Novel 14 of 16

The Beekeeper of The Atlas

The mountain does not announce itself.

Set in The Atlas above Blida

Novel 15 of 16

The Mechanic of Mars

They sent scientists. They needed a mechanic.

Set in A garage in M'sila, and Mars

Novel 16 of 16

Midnight Buyer

"Home by midnight," his mother said. "I'll try." "You always try. Try harder."

Set in Algiers, after midnight