by Breyten Breytenbach · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253058281
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«Mémoire de poussière et de neige» is the novel by Breyten Breytenbach, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (470 pages, in French).
Meheret, an Ethiopian journalist, and Mano, a mixed-race South African actor, live in Paris and fight against apartheid. The first part is a letter from Meheret to her future son, with portraits of her family; the second, written by Mano from prison, recounts his mission, trial and death sentence, and includes the script of a movie about a political prisoner.
It is Breyten Breytenbach's first novel; this paperback edition was published in 1991 and contains 470 pages.
An epistolary and political narrative for readers interested in apartheid, family memory and committed literature.
Breyten Breytenbach was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of the National Party–led South African Government. He was also known as a founding member of the Sestigers, a dissident literary movement, and was one of the most important poets in Afrikaans literature.
