The Seine Was Red: Paris, October 1961

by Leïla Sebbar

Book Overview

Le?la Sebbar's novel recounts an event in French history that has been hidden for many years. Toward the end of the Algerian war, the FLN, an Algerian nationalist party, organized a demonstration in Paris to oppose a curfew imposed upon Algerians in France. About 30,000 Algerians gathered peacefully, but the protest was brutally suppressed by the Paris police. Between 50 and 200 Algerians were killed and their bodies were thrown into the Seine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253220238
• ISBN13: 9780253220233
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher