Abstract
Just as the French language allows for ambiguity when it comes to hosts and guests, so too does literature that takes into account postcolonial encounters in both North Africa and France. Mireille Rosello's concept of the continuum of the host/guest relationship is applied to two works of contemporary fiction: Leïla Sebbar's Marguerite and Nina Bouraoui's Garçon manqué . Reading the protagonists' roles with this continuum in mind allows us to better understand the contemporary relationship between France and Algeria, one that extends beyond national borders and ends up questioning the very positions of guest and host, especially in the case of women.
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