Azzedine Kechroud 
Alienation 

The author lived through two atrocious wars. The first one during his childhood, the war of Algeria’s independence against French colonisation, the second being the Civil War which occurred after independence. These two dramatic events deeply marked his life. They confirm to him that man is not the most perfect being. He is the most dangerous animal which is destined to end himself by creating the conditions leading towards his own alienation and extinction… "…The train now started to pick up speed. Alas! Women and children and even old people could not ride. I read on their faces all the fear, distress, dismay and horror…!"