Ahmed Taibaoui’s ‘Me and Napoleon’ Revisits Algeria Under French Occupation

Dar Al-Shorouk has published “Me and Napoleon,” the latest novel by Algerian writer Ahmed Taibaoui, set in Algeria during the 1860s.

The book takes readers back to the era of French occupation, placing a chapter of Algeria’s colonial past at the centre of its historical setting.

Its title pairs a first-person voice with the name Napoleon, framing the novel’s return to that period. The brief publication announcement does not provide details about the narrator or the plot.

“Me and Napoleon” adds to Taibaoui’s body of fiction with a work rooted in nineteenth-century Algeria. Further details about its characters and narrative remain undisclosed in the announcement.