Patrick Chamoiseau
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The reader is invited to blaze a trail through this forest of symbols. The last chapter will shed light on the profound meaning of the fable. But the point is less to capture than to be captivated by the energy, the luxuriance, and the playful solemnity of writing that masterfully melds French, Creole, and yet other voices as well."--L'Express.
2) Texaco
Author
Series
Publisher
Editions Gallimard
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Français
Formats
Description
'Une vieille femme câpresse, très grande, très maigre, avec un visage grave, solennel, et des yeux immmobiles. Je n'avais jamais perçu autant d'autorité profonde irradier de quelqu'un... Elle mélangeait le créole et le français, le mot vulgaire, le mot précieux, le mot oublié, le mot nouveau...' Et c'est ainsi que Marie-Sophie Laborieux raconte à l'auteur plus de cent cinquante ans d'histoire, d'épopée de la Martinique, depuis les sombres...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A novel of Martinique through the eyes of its people. Narrated by a black woman activist, the story spans 150 years, describing the end of slavery, the collapse of the sugar plantations, the coming of the oil companies and the new relations with France, of which the island is a department. By the author of Creole Folktales.
