” Balak is both the story of the Zahiroune, a mysterious sect fomenting a revolution, a vitriolic portrait of Algeria and its security excesses, and a philosophical questioning of the role of chance in our lives.
Chawki Amari is a writer, journalist, columnist, caricaturist, illustrator, actor and geologist by training. He presents his latest novel to us. Balak ”, published in editions of the Observatory, both light and deep, absurd and serious, funny and caustic to talk about a very philosophical theme, chance, and paints an uncompromising portrait of his native country, Algeria.