Truly potent ... Adimi confronts us with episodes that are simply never spoken of in France ? The New York Times Book ReviewIf you're in a bookshop browsing, then A Bookshop In Algiers is for you, by definition. A beautiful little novel about books, history, ambition and the importance of literature to everyone, especially people who are trying to find a voice. -- Nick Hornby

A Bookshop in Algiers reminds us that in literature, as in life, we belong to a place only temporarily - and we shape it according to our memories

? Financial TimesA splendid declaration of love to literature ? ElleAdimi refuses to make Charlot's life a tragedy. Instead, she's told a moving story of his efforts to push so many worthy writers toward posterity's heights. ? Harper's

A beautiful and bittersweet book

? New Books magazine Kaouther Adimi is a young Algerian novelist living in France. A Bookshop in Algiers is her third novel and was published in France in 2017, where it got the trifecta of major French award nominations (the Goncourt, Renaudot & Médicis prizes) and sold over 50,000 copies.