Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Hondo yeAlgeria yeRusununguko iyo yakatanga munaNovember 1954, yakanyorwa zvakanyanya pakati pa1947 na1953, uye chimiro chezvematongerwo enyika chenyaya yacho chinoshanda zvakanyanya kune ino nguva kwete kuhondo yacho pachayo. Chiitiko chikuru chenyaya yacho chinoitika munguva inotevera kuratidzira kwenyika kwaMay 8, 1945, kwaisanganisira kuurayiwa kweSétif. Vaviri vavanhu vanotaurwa munoverengeka yacho, Lakhdar naMustapha, vakasungwa, vakaiswa mujeri uye vakatambudzwa pashure pokuratidzira uku. Iri bhuku rinotanga mumashure menguva yemhirizhonga yakatevera kuratidzira. Varume vana ava vakawana basa pabasa rokuvaka, uye mumwe wavo, Lakhdar, akaiswa mutorongo pashure pokurwisana naM. Ernest, mukuru wavo (wechiFrench) - kurwisana uko, zvisinei, nemhaka yechimiro chenguva chakaoma chebhuku racho, hakusati kuchizotaurwa kutozosvikira gare gare murugwaro. Nokukurumidza pashure peizvi, achiri muchikamu chokutanga chenyaya yacho, mumwe wevanhu vacho, Mourad, anobatanidzwa mukurwa pamuchato kunoguma nokuva kwake anokonzera rufu rwaM. Ricard, mumwe muzvinabhizimisi wechiFrench. Chiitiko ichi chinoita kuti vamwe vatambi vapararire, uye kubva panguva ino bhuku racho rinochinja manyorerwo aro uye rinotanga kurondedzera nhoroondo dzaro dzakasiyana, richimhanya-mhanya zvikuru munhoroondo yaro. Mumwe nomumwe wevarume vana vane ukama, uye anokwezvwa, Nedjma, uyo ane makore akafanana nevarume varume asi atova (asingafari) akaroora. Kunyange zvazvo yakavakirwa pamunhu chaiye, uyo Yacine aiva noukama naye, Nedjma (uyo anotaura kashoma munoverengeka uye ane unhu hauna kugadzirwa) kazhinji akafananidzwa neAlgeria, "la femme-patrie". Bhuku racho rinotaurawo nezvenhoroondo yedzinza revanhu vacho, vaKeblout, uye nezvokuramba kwaAbdelkader kutongwa neFrance.