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Forum for Modern Language Studies 2007 43(3):277-289; doi:10.1093/fmls/cqm052
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© The Author (2007). Published by Oxford University Press for the Court of the University of St Andrews. All rights reserved

Tassadit Imache's Une Fille Sans Histoire: "Une Fille De L'Histoire"

Karima Laachir

French Department
University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom


  Abstract

Tassadit Imache's semi-autobiographical novel Une Fille sans histoire traces the history and memory of a Franco-Maghrebian family at the time of the Algerian war in France. I argue that through a close reading of a family photograph, the main protagonist, Lil, reflects on her itinerary as someone caught between two histories and two cultures (the French and the Algerian) marked by the violence of colonial legacy. It is through voicing the narratives of her Algerian father's silenced anti-colonial and immigrant memory in France that Lil finally maps out her cultural and political affiliation with him.

Key Words: Imache, Tassadit • Franco-Maghrebian relations • Algerian war • colonial scarring • family history • memory • violence • double belonging


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