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Wolf Dreams

by Yasmina Khadra · 1999

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How does a handsome young man who keeps company with poets and dreams of fame and fortune, turn into a brutal killer who massacres women and children? We follow Nafa Walid as he gradually loses control of his destiny and is drawn into Islamic fundamentalism. Wolf Dreams illustrates what happens when disillusion intersects with the persuasive voice of fundamentalism and the chaos of civil war.

Genre
war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
islamislamMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AlgeriaAlgeriaMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisMiddle EastMiddle EastMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 260 pages

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