All What The Day Owes the Night characters Listed With Descriptions

All T characters Listed With Descriptions

WHAT THE DAY OWES THE NIGHT

by Yasmina Khadra

Characters By Chapter

EDITOR:
Remy Hale

QUICK EDITION (QE)

CH	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	DESCRIPTION
1	Zahra		The younger sister of the protagonist.
	Bedouin		Predominantly nomadic Arab tribes.
	Issa		Zahra's father.
	Miloud		A merchant.
	Bliss		A broker.
2	Badra		A hefty, strapping woman who loved to tell dirty stories.
	Batoul		A girl who claimed to have supernatural powers.
	Yezza		A woman whose alcoholic husband regularly hit her.
	Mama		A woman who had the energy of a dozen men.
	Hadda		A beautiful woman who already had two children.
	Peg-Leg		A shopkeeper.
	Daho		A savage child.
	Mahi		Issa's brother.
3	El	Moro	An ex-con who had spent seventeen years in prison.
	Abd	el-Krim	Former President of the Republic of the Rif.
	Karcabo		A troop of black men bedecked with amulets who danced like demons.
	Slimane		Born a Christian to a wealthy, educated French family.
	Ouari		An orphan or runaway, friend of the protagonist.
4	Uncle	Jabori	An old bald man.
5	Germaine		Mahi's wife.
	Younes		The protagonist, an Algerian boy torn between his native Arab roots.
	Jonas		Renamed given to Younes.
	Lalla	Fatna	Jonas' great-grandmother.
	Jeanne	d'Arch	A French peasant girl.
	Abd	al-Qadir	An Algerian military leader.
	Sidi	Abbas	One of Issa's brothers.
	Abdelmoumène		One of Issa's brothers.
	Kaddour		The eldest among the brothers.
	Hassan		Issa's brother who liked to live like a lord.
	Abdessamad		Hardworking brother of Issa.
6	Abdelkader		One of Jonas' classmates.
	Brahim		One of Jonas' classmates.
	Lucette		Jonas' friend.
	Maurice		A stupid, brutish boy.
7	Messali	Hadj	An Algerian nationalist politician.
	Jérôme		Lucette's father.
	Shakaib	Arslan	A Lebanese writer, poet, historian, and politician.
	Costa		A driver. Aka: Coco.
	Mélina		Costa's cousin.
	Berthe		Costa's wife.
8	Aimé	Barelli	A French jazz trumpeter.
	Xavier	Cugat	A Spanish-American musician and bandleader.
	Jacques	Hélian	A French conductor.
	Pérez	Prado	A Cuban pianist and composer.
	Émilie	Cazenave	Jonas' acquaintance.
	Isabelle		Pépé Rucillio's niece.
	Pépé	Rucillio	The richest man in Río Salado.
	Jean-Christophe	Lamy	A man deeply in love with Isabelle.
	Simon	Benyamin	One of Jean-Christophe Lamy's henchmen.
	Fabrice	Scamaroni	One of Jean-Christophe Lamy's henchmen.
	Bertrand		Germaine's nephew.
9	Madame	Scamaroni	Fabrice Scamaroni's mother.
	José		Andre's cousin.
	André		Jaime Jiménez Sosa's son. Aka: Dede
	Jaime	Jiménez Sosa	Owner of one of the largest farms in the area.
	Jelloul		Andre's manservant.
	Errol	Flynn	An Australian-American actor.
	Joe		Andre's friend.
	Dinah	Shore	An American singer and actress.
	John	Steinbeck	An American writer.
	Glenn	Miller	An American conductor.
10	Madame	Cazenave	The wife of the governor of a penal colony in Guyana.
	Diana	the Huntress	The Roman goddess of the hunt, the moon, nature, and childbirth.
11	Joseph	Stalin	Former Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
	Franklin	Roosevelt	The 32nd U.S. President.
	Winston	Churchill	Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
	Charles	de Gaulle	General and former President of France.
	Edmond	Charlot	A French publisher and editor.
	Max-Pol	Fouchet	A French author.
	Gabriel	Audisio	An author.
	Malek	Bennabi	An Algerian writer and philosopher.
12	Icarus		A figure in Greek mythology, the son of Daedalus.
	Antonio		A cabaret singer in Sidi Bel-Abbès.
	Bruno		A policeman.
13	Hélène	Lefèvre	A journalist.
14	Madame	Lambert	A bookshop owner.
	Albert	Camus	A French philosopher and novelist.
15	Madame	Lamy	Jean-Christophe's mother.
	Emmanuel	Roblès	A French author and playwright.
16	Michel		Madame Cazenave's grandson.
	Jamila		A Muslim lawyer's daughter.
	Messali	Hadj	An Algerian politician.
17	Bernadette		Jonas' acquaintance.
	Larbi	Ben M'hidi	An Algerian revolutionary.
	Mohamed	Boudiaf	Former President of Algeria.
	Abane	Ramdane	An Algerian political activist and revolutionary.
	Luis	Miguel Dominquin	A Spanish bullfighter.
	Mustapha	Khalfi	A Moroccan professional basketball player.
	Salah	Abdeslam	A Belgian-born French terrorist.
	Krimo		Simon's chauffeur.
18	Laoufi		A nurse.
	Sy	Rachid	A prominent figure in the Algerian Resistance.
			AIX-EN-PROVENCE
	Paul	Cézanne	Michel's grandfather.
	Norah		Jonas' granddaughter.
	Gustave	Cusset	Jonas' old classmate.
	Martine		Michel's wife.
	Frederic	Chopin	A Polish composer.

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