Maïssa Bey is an Algerian writer and educator born in 1950 near Algiers. Blue White Green, her seventh book, won the prestigious Cezam Prize in 2006.Erin Twohig is associate professor of French at Georgetown University and a translator.

• Translator's Introduction Part One 1962–1972 Part Two 1972–1982 Part Three 1982–1992 AcknowledgmentsAbout the Author and Translator

Twohig and Bey's intertwined guiding hands serve to introduce the uneducated reader to a pivotal period in Algerian history while, at the same time, critiquing the position and conception of history in Algeria....[H]er attention to communicating these nuances to an English reader is not at the cost of the multi-lingual nature intrinsic to the text.

Maïssa Bey is an Algerian writer and educator born in 1950 near Algiers. Blue White Green, her seventh book, won the prestigious Cezam Prize in 2006.Erin Twohig is associate professor of French at Georgetown University and a translator.

• Translator's Introduction Part One 1962–1972 Part Two 1972–1982 Part Three 1982–1992 AcknowledgmentsAbout the Author and Translator

Twohig and Bey's intertwined guiding hands serve to introduce the uneducated reader to a pivotal period in Algerian history while, at the same time, critiquing the position and conception of history in Algeria....[H]er attention to communicating these nuances to an English reader is not at the cost of the multi-lingual nature intrinsic to the text.

Maïssa Bey is an Algerian writer and educator born in 1950 near Algiers. Blue White Green, her seventh book, won the prestigious Cezam Prize in 2006.Erin Twohig is associate professor of French at Georgetown University and a translator.

• Translator's Introduction Part One 1962–1972 Part Two 1972–1982 Part Three 1982–1992 AcknowledgmentsAbout the Author and Translator

Twohig and Bey's intertwined guiding hands serve to introduce the uneducated reader to a pivotal period in Algerian history while, at the same time, critiquing the position and conception of history in Algeria....[H]er attention to communicating these nuances to an English reader is not at the cost of the multi-lingual nature intrinsic to the text.