La ville comme espace d’identités multiples dans Surtout ne te retourne pas de Maïssa Bey

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the extent to which Maïssa Bey in her novel Surtout ne te retourne pas features actual events relating to the earthquake that shook the city of Boumerdes in 2003. She describes its tragic implications for the protagonist of the story, who seeks to find her identity in a city reeling from a natural disaster. In this sense, the paper investigates the novel in terms of a quest for both a lost Boumerdes and the urban identity of the protagonist herself.