Anne-Marie McManus is a comparative literary scholar of Arabic, French, and English. Her research has been funded by the European Research Council, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and NYU Abu Dhabi. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Yale University.

• Introduction; Part I. The Mashreq Imagines Algeria: 1. Algeria's war, al-Adab and a new transregional literature from the Mashreq; 2. Arabics of everyday life; 3. Authority, polysemy, emancipation; Part II. The Maghreb Writes East: 4. Souffles-Anfas between national and transregional scales; 5. Totality and the second nahda (Renaissance); 6. Arab nationalism without Arab nationalists; Part III. Circles of Interpretation: The Arabic Novel After the Algerian War: 7. The celestial orbit: Arab repetition; 8. The bracelet: true signs of the mother-nation; 9. The circle: beyond the transregional Arabic novel; Conclusion.

Anne-Marie McManus is a comparative literary scholar of Arabic, French, and English. Her research has been funded by the European Research Council, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and NYU Abu Dhabi. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Yale University.

• Introduction; Part I. The Mashreq Imagines Algeria: 1. Algeria's war, al-Adab and a new transregional literature from the Mashreq; 2. Arabics of everyday life; 3. Authority, polysemy, emancipation; Part II. The Maghreb Writes East: 4. Souffles-Anfas between national and transregional scales; 5. Totality and the second nahda (Renaissance); 6. Arab nationalism without Arab nationalists; Part III. Circles of Interpretation: The Arabic Novel After the Algerian War: 7. The celestial orbit: Arab repetition; 8. The bracelet: true signs of the mother-nation; 9. The circle: beyond the transregional Arabic novel; Conclusion.

Anne-Marie McManus is a comparative literary scholar of Arabic, French, and English. Her research has been funded by the European Research Council, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and NYU Abu Dhabi. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Yale University.

• Introduction; Part I. The Mashreq Imagines Algeria: 1. Algeria's war, al-Adab and a new transregional literature from the Mashreq; 2. Arabics of everyday life; 3. Authority, polysemy, emancipation; Part II. The Maghreb Writes East: 4. Souffles-Anfas between national and transregional scales; 5. Totality and the second nahda (Renaissance); 6. Arab nationalism without Arab nationalists; Part III. Circles of Interpretation: The Arabic Novel After the Algerian War: 7. The celestial orbit: Arab repetition; 8. The bracelet: true signs of the mother-nation; 9. The circle: beyond the transregional Arabic novel; Conclusion.