by Maryse Condé · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070422500
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«La Belle créole» is the novel by Maryse Condé published by Gallimard in paperback (320 pages, in French).
Set in the Caribbean with Guadeloupe as a backdrop, the narrative follows characters trapped between the weight of history, cultural heritage and the desire to redefine their identity. Through everyday life and personal conflicts, the author portrays a plural and unequal society, marked by the colonial past and by the search for a place of one's own in the world.
The paperback edition belongs to the Folio collection; the cover includes the mention of the alternative Nobel Prize in literature.
A work for readers of contemporary fiction interested in the Caribbean, identity and cultural memory.
Maryse Condé was a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. She was also an academic, whose teaching career took her to West Africa and North America, as well as the Caribbean and Europe. As a writer, Condé is best known for her novel Ségou (1984–1985).
