Ô DJELBANA !

Ô DJELBANA !

by Claude Balaize

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16 avril 1986, une université parisienne. Un professeur, Chafazot surveille un examen. Mais il est ailleurs, dans le lointain djebel d'Algérie où, 28 ans plus tôt, sa vie a basculé. Mars 1958, la guerre d'Algérie. Un jeune officier tombe amoureux fou d'une jeune villageoise qu'il surnomme Djelbana (Petit-Pois). Mais un soir, c'est le piège meurtrier tendu à l'officier. Juillet 1985, une banlieue parisienne. Deux regards se croisent et se pénètrent. Chafazot et Djelbana se retrouvent et s'avouent qu'ils n'ont jamais cessé secrètement de s'aimer

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    How does the dual timeline—shifting between the Algerian War in 1958 and the academic/suburban settings in France decades later—shape your understanding of how trauma and memory linger across time?

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    Chafazot is physically present invigilating an exam in Paris while his mind is decades away in the Algerian djebel; have you ever experienced a moment where your external reality felt entirely disconnected from your internal thoughts or past?

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    The novel hinges on a tragic ambush in 1958 that shatters the lives of the characters; how does Claude Balaize use the backdrop of the Algerian War to mirror the internal conflicts and divides within the characters themselves?

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