Ясмина Хадра: What the Day Owes the Night

Darling, this is Younes. Yesterday he was my nephew, today he is our son . Younes life is changed forever when his poverty-stricken parents surrender him to the care of his more affluent uncle. Re-named Jonas, he grows up in a colourful colonial Algerian town, and forges a unique friendship with a group of boys, an enduring bond that nothing — not even the Algerian Revolt — will shake. He meets Emilie — a beautiful, beguiling girl who captures the hearts of all who see her — and an epic love story is set in motion. Time and again Jonas is forced to to choose between two worlds: Algerian or European, past or present, love or loyalty, and finally decide if he will surrender to fate or take control of his own destiny at last. AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER.