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La Question

La Question (French for "The question") is a book by Henri Alleg, published in 1958. It is famous for precisely describing the methods of torture used by French paratroopers during the Algerian War from the point of view of a victim. La Question was censored in France after selling 60,000 copies in two weeks.

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Author
Henri Alleg
Genre
Essay
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Paris: Éditions de Minuit New York: George Braziller
Language
French
Original title
La Question

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Redaction, publication and censorship

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La Question

Nodes28
Edges27
Triples60
Avg. degree1.93
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La Question

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related to Subject · 18
La Question → Alleg, Alleg's, Audin, By, Division Parachutiste, El-Biar, En, France, Français, Frenchmen, He, Henri, Jacques Massu's, June, Lodi, Maurice Audin, Nevertheless, The
related to Redaction, publication and censorship · 13
La Question → Alleg, Army, Barberousse, February, Jean-Paul Sartre, Lodi, March, Minuit, National Defence, Paris, Several, The, There
related to Source editions · 13
La Question → Abyss, Algiers, Edge, George BrazillerLa Question, ISBN, La Cité, Lausanne, Minuit, New York, Paris, Question, Rahma, The Question
related to Aftermath · 4
La Question → Alleg, El-Biar, Enquiries, Laurent Heynemann
Author · 1
La Question → Henri Alleg
Genre · 1
La Question → Essay
ISBN · 1
La Question → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…
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La Question → French
OCLC · 1
La Question → 4796436
Original title · 1
La Question → La Question

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alleg la question french torture éditions book france published 1958 paratroopers de henri algerian war publication talk also minuit body

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
La QuestionAuthorHenri Alleg1.00infobox
La QuestionGenreEssay1.00infobox
La QuestionISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
La QuestionLanguageFrench1.00infobox
La QuestionOCLC47964361.00infobox
La QuestionOriginal titleLa Question1.00infobox
La QuestionPages1121.00infobox
La QuestionPublication date19581.00infobox
La QuestionPublished in English19581.00infobox
La QuestionPublisherParis: Éditions de Minuit New York: George Braziller1.00infobox
La QuestionSubjectTorture during the Algerian War1.00infobox
La QuestionTranslatorJohn Calder1.00infobox

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