Itineraries of Desire and the Excesses of Home: Assia Djebar’s Cohabitation with “la langue adverse”

This article considers Djebar’s L’Amour, la fantasia as a springboard for an inquiry into the eros of autobiographical writing and the libidinal economy of home. The author argues that the politics of this work must be understood in light of Djebar’s narrative reconfiguration of home as a structure of desire.