Algerian Immigration to France: the State of Mind of Children in Exile. A Reading of «Funambules» and «La part du sarrasin»

Abstract

Magyd Cherfi's La part de sarrasin and Mohammed Aïssaoui's Les Funambules open up various questions about the identity of children from the Algerian immigrant community in France, «at the crossroads of cultures and generations». These two autobiographical texts explore the concepts of schizophrenia and tightrope walking, highlighting the nature of the relationships between two opposing societies (French and Algerian) and, even more so, within a North African community that excludes its own members.