Belkacem Meghzouchene
Sophia in the White City is the first Algerian novel written in English. It is written by Blekacem Meghzouchen,Here it is the prologue of the novel., The story of the novel occurred, fictitiously, in Algiers(nicknamed The White City), the capital of Algeria. Ramice Taslentm, an editor of trail-blazing scientific magazine, received in Algiers, during an International Bookfair, sciences German journalist Sophia Weize. She came along with her father Gred Weize, who presented his Publishing House. Ramice and Spohia knew each other by internet, and then came the opportunity of her Algiersâ€™s visit. They fell in love, but something popped in unexpectedly. Ramice narrated to Sophia the harsh moments Algeria had undergone in the 1990's out of terrorism, himself had seen mates fall dead in ambushes, witnessed countless bombs in Algiers and elsewhere, and could never see his wounds healed, as memories were sorrow-ridden. He complained to Sophia about the blind eye western community had turned to then-suffering Algeria, when this martyred country asked for help in counter-terrorism; but no avail! Ramice, as Sophia became aware of, had a heart rendered by love-bereft stories and lived terror, in his microcosm, but could be zoomed out globally. Meanwhile, Ramice received a death threat by email, to be executed should he not part with the German stunner! All of a sudden, years of throes and blood and embers crowded to his mind. Sophia revealed his that she had loved a man names Yacine Lejeny; she showed him the photo, and he felt pounded! He was, in actually, his friend who had flown to Germany to further studies. Therefore, Ramice suspected Yacine of being the source of threat! Corroborated by the fact that Yacine showed up in Algiers! But they met during a conference held in Algiers about genetics, the encounter was emotional, and it turned out that Yacine was innocent. Who threatened him? Ramice was so fond of millennial-old Algiers with its Bay of wonders. He was proficient in telling Sophia, with taste and love, the History of his time-defying, wonderful Mediterranean seafront city. One day, when he was in his magazine office, Ramice tried a CD he had found on his desk, and bewilderment and consternation spanked his mind...
Sophia in the white city: novel