by Maryse Condé · Edizioni Lavoro · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788879109734
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«La traversata della Mangrovia» is the contemporary novel by Maryse Condé, published by Edizioni Lavoro in paperback (228 pages, in Italian).
The novel opens with the funeral of Francis Sancher, an outsider whose death brings together the inhabitants of a village in Guadeloupe. Through their voices and memories, Condé weaves a choral narrative about identity, secrets and the island's social tensions, with the mangrove landscape as a backdrop.
It belongs to the L'altra riva collection; edited by Eliana Vicari Fabris with an afterword by Marie-José Hoyet. It was published in February 2001.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in the Caribbean and in stories that explore the sense of place and identity.
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).
