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What Is Africa to Me?: Fragments of a True-to-Life Autobiography
Maryse Conde
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Description for What Is Africa to Me?: Fragments of a True-to-Life Autobiography
Hardback. Translator(s): Philcox, Richard. Series: SB - The Africa List. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Maryse Conde is one of the best-known and most beloved French Caribbean literary voices. The author of more than twenty novels, she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015 and has long been recognized as a giant of black feminist literature. While Conde has previously published an autobiography of her childhood, What Is Africa to Me? tells for the first time the story of her early adult years in Africa years formative not only for her, but also for African colonies appealing for their own independence.What Is Africa to Me? traces the late 1950s to 1968, chronicling ... Read more
Maryse Conde is one of the best-known and most beloved French Caribbean literary voices. The author of more than twenty novels, she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015 and has long been recognized as a giant of black feminist literature. While Conde has previously published an autobiography of her childhood, What Is Africa to Me? tells for the first time the story of her early adult years in Africa years formative not only for her, but also for African colonies appealing for their own independence.What Is Africa to Me? traces the late 1950s to 1968, chronicling ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Condition
New
Series
SB - The Africa List
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857423764
SKU
V9780857423764
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About Maryse Conde
Maryse Cond is professor emeritus in the Department of French and Romance Philology at Columbia University and the author of many books. In 2015, she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. She lives in France. Richard Philcox is Cond 's husband and translator.
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