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The Journey of a Caribbean Writer

Maryse Condé

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9780857427557
UPC:
9780857427557
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Published by:
Seagull Books
Translated by:
Richard Philcox
Pub date:
03/05/2020
Binding type:
Paperback
Pages:
232
ISBN:
9780857427557
For nearly four decades, Maryse Cond , best known for her novels Segu and Windward Heights, has been at the forefront of French Caribbean literature. In this collection of essays and lectures, written over many years and in response to the challenges posed by a changing world, she reflects on the ideas and histories that have moved her. From the use of French as her literary language--despite its colonial history--to the agonies of the Middle Passage, at the horrors of African dictatorship, and the politically induced poverty of the Caribbean to migration under globalization, Cond casts her unflinching eye over the world which is her inheritance, her burden, and her future.
Even while paying homage to her intellectual and literary influences--including Frantz Fanon, Leopold Sedar Senghor, and Aim C saire--Cond establishes in these pages the singularity of her vision and the reason for the enormous admiration that her writing has garnered from readers and critics alike.