by Calixthe Beyala · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782226086938
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«Les honneurs perdus» is Calixthe Beyala's novel, published by Albin Michel in 1996, 404 pages, in French.
The novel follows Saïda from Couscousville, on the outskirts of Douala, to the heights of the Parisian neighborhood of Belleville. Along this journey, marked by difficulties, small joys and losses, the protagonist retains her trust in others and an honor linked also to that of all women, regardless of their origin, class or religion.
Winner of the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française in 1996.
Readers of contemporary African and French literature, with an interest in stories about migration, identity and the condition of women.
Calixthe Beyala is a Cameroonian-French writer who writes in French.
