A review by trulybooked
The Last Summer of Reason by Tahar Djaout

5.0

Normally, I wouldn't put a novel in my poetry section, but that is what reading this book felt like. There is a natural poetry to every line that stays with me long after I've put the book down. Reading up on the author and how he lived makes the story even more poignant. Quietly defiance even as he quails and despairs at the way that the world is changing, Boualem is someone who we can all see ourselves in and is a Shakespearean worthy character in his own right.