by Marie NDiaye · Suhrkamp Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518462584
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«Drei starke Frauen» is the novel by Marie NDiaye, published by Suhrkamp Verlag in paperback (341 pages, in German).
Norah, a lawyer, returns to Dakar to get her brother out of prison and confront a distant father. Fanta, who left Dakar for her husband, feels trapped in provincial France, while Khady, young and without resources, dreams of emigrating to France. Three stories of women who defend their dignity against family and a world that pressures them.
Translation from the French by Claudia Kalscheuer; the original «Trois femmes puissantes» won the Prix Goncourt 2009. Edition from the suhrkamp taschenbuch collection, no. 4258.
For readers of contemporary fiction and literary fiction who enjoy stories of women, migration, and dignity; requires reading in German.
Marie NDiaye is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009 for her novel Trois femmes puissantes. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 legal drama Saint Omer alongside its director Alice Diop, and Amrita David. In September 2022, the film was selected as France's official selection for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards. The English translation of her novel The Witch, by Jordan Stump, was published in 2026 and was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
