# What the Day Owes the Night

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- Authors: [Yasmina Khadra](https://www.bookquiver.com/yasmina-khadra)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9954-045-8
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2011-05-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.