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"Attaquer la terre et le soleil" by Mathieu Belezi is a novel that offers new perspectives on colonial history in Algeria. The story is told from the viewpoints of rank-and-file soldiers in the French army and an impoverished female settler. The novel paints a bleak picture of the early days of French conquest and colonization in Algeria, highlighting the dehumanizing effects on both the colonizers and the colonized. The narrative is characterized by the absence of punctuation and capitalization, creating a fluid and almost endless flow of storytelling. Despite its brevity, the novel effectively denounces colonial violence and encourages readers to critically examine this shared history between France and Algeria. [Extracted from the article]