What the Day Owes the Night

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What the Day Owes the Night
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Author Yasmina Khadra
Translator Frank Wynne
Language French
Publisher Heinemann
Publication date
2010
ISBN 978-0434019939

What the Day Owes the Night is a 2008 novel by Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra. It was originally written and published in French. The English translation was produced by Frank Wynne, and published by Heinemann in 2010. [1]

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Film adaptation

The 2012 film What the Day Owes the Night is based on the novel.

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