by Erik Orsenna · Fayard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782702883686
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«Madame Bâ» is the novel by Erik Orsenna, published by Fayard in paperback (496 pages, in French).
Madame Bâ tells the journey of an African woman born in Médine (Mali) in search of her grandson who disappeared in France. The novel interweaves her struggle for dignity with a reflection on the French colonial heritage, the contrasts between Africa and Europe, and the strength of family bonds.
Erik Orsenna is a member of the Académie française. The novel was published in 2003.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in stories of migration, family, and the relationship between Africa and Europe.
Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics. He was a close collaborator of François Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member of the Conseil d'État, having been appointed in 1985. He was elected to the Académie Française on 28 May 1998. He won the 1990 International Nonino Prize in Italy. For Voyage au pays du coton he received the second prize of the Lettre Ulysses Award in 2006.
