An interweaving of the stories of famous Algerian bookstore founder Edmond Charlot, who played a significant role in the rise of Albert Camus and Gertrude Stein, and the 2017 painter who decorates the shop, his mind exposed to books. A celebration of the position of literature in historical and political tumult.

Kaouther Adimi is a young Algerian novelist living in France. A Bookshop in Algiers is her third novel and was published in France in 2017, where it got the trifecta of major French award nominations (the Goncourt, Renaudot & Médicis prizes) and sold over 50,000 copies.