by Maryse Condé · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782221052518
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«La vie scélérate» is the novel by Maryse Condé, published by Seghers in 1987 (333 pages, in French).
The novel follows the social rise of a Caribbean family over several generations, from Albert, who worked on the Panama Canal, to his descendants spread between Guadeloupe, the United States and other exiles. Condé weaves this family history together with the colonial memory of the Caribbean and its migrations.
Novel in French, 333 pages, in the Chemins d'identité collection. The cover mentions the New Academy Prize in Literature («Alternative Nobel») 2018.
For readers of historical fiction and family sagas with a colonial and migratory backdrop, as well as for those who follow the work of Maryse Condé.
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).
