Une histoire souterraine. Pieds-Noirs et Musulmans en Algérie

In Algeria, where the two communities met every day, a history unfolded, hidden, underground, often made of understanding, listening, tenderness, and sometimes love and nostalgia. (Jean Pélégri)

Each in their own way, Jean Brune, Michèle Piris-Lambert, Marie-Anne Lorentz, Jean Pélégri, Marie-Louise de Pena, and Hélie de Saint Marc evoke this underground history that extends well beyond the painful exodus of the Pieds-Noirs in 1962.

This collection of texts, many of which are still unpublished, constitutes a moving and essential literary testimony for the understanding of this complex relationship between the two communities.