Some Dream for Fools

Ahlème, a young woman living on the outskirts of Paris, is trying to make a life out of the dreams she brought with her from Algeria and the reality she faces every day. Her father lost his job after an accident at his construction site. Her mother was lost to a massacre in Algeria. And her brother, Foued, boils with adolescent energy and teeters dangerously close to choosing a life of crime.

As she wanders the streets of Paris looking for work, Ahlème negotiates the disparities between her dreams and her life, her youth and her responsibilities, the expectations of those back home and the limitations of life in France.

With the same laugh-out-loud, razor-sharp humor that made Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow an international hit, Some Dream for Fools shows Faïza Guène's evolution as a novelist and reminds us of her extraordinary talent as she explores what happens to people when a lid is put on their dreams.

Author: Faïza Guène
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 08/09/2010
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.60w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9780156032926

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/29/2010 pg. 24

About the Author

She is the author of Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow.