by Kathryn Stockett · ACTES SUD · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782330013073
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«La couleur des sentiments» is the contemporary novel by Kathryn Stockett, published by Actes Sud in its Babel paperback collection (624 pages, in French).
Jackson (Mississippi), 1962, in the midst of racial segregation. Aibileen and Minny work as domestic servants for white families. Skeeter, a young white woman recently graduated, discovers that Constantine, the woman who raised her, disappeared without saying goodbye. The three join forces to secretly write a book with the testimonies of Black maids about that society.
Work originally published in English as «The Help» in 2009, translated into French by Pierre Girard. The French edition received the Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle in 2011.
Historical and contemporary fiction novel, common in reading clubs, for those interested in the American South and civil rights.
Kathryn Stockett is an American novelist. She is known for her 2009 debut novel, The Help, which is about African-American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi, during the 1960s.
