Born in 1955 in Belcourt, in this district of Algiers where Albert Camus spent his childhood and adolescence, the comic strip author Jacques Ferrandez has devoted a large part of his work to his native country for more than thirty years. The ten episodes of his “Carnets d’Orient” and “Carnets d’Algérie” which tell, through a gallery of French and Algerian characters whose destinies intersect, the history of the country from 1830 to 1962, are a reference. He adapted several books by Albert Camus (“The Stranger”, “The Host”, “The First Man”).
In the second and last volume of the “Algerian Suites” (Casterman), which has just been released, he highlights the complexity of this post-independence Algeria. Combining fictionalized personal memories and documentary work, the choral story recounts, in twelve chapters and twelve characters, the tumultuous evolution of the country since 1962. Interview.
Source : Nouvelobs
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