Lit in Translation

Amin Zaoui

أمين الزاوي

Born 1956 · Algeria

In English
0 of 1

Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    IPAF 2026 · Shortlist

    منام القيلولة

    Manam al-qaylula

    Title translated by AI:“Siesta Dream”

    Amin Zaoui · 69 when first published

    Novel · 256 pages · War, Family, Politics

    AI-generated summary:During Algeria's independence war, a mother of three fights off an assault by a traitor posing as a resistance fighter, who then spreads the rumour that the rebels killed her husband for treason.