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Houris

Language
French

Synopsis

A young Algerian woman, Aube, carries the invisible scars of her country's past. Though she didn't live through the war of independence, she survived the civil war of the 1990s, an experience that has left her physically and emotionally wounded. Now, pregnant and silenced by a damaged voice, she must confront her memories and decide if she can bring a child into a world that has tried to erase her. She returns to her village, seeking answers from the past.

How it reads

Prose complexity 7/10
Content warnings (2)
TraumaViolence

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