by Prosper Mérimée · Magnard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782210754140
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«Tamango» is the short novel by Prosper Mérimée, published by Magnard in paperback, with 80 pages, in French.
The story follows Tamango, an African chief engaged in the slave trade, and Captain Ledoux, who buys his human merchandise. With irony and a mordant style, Mérimée denounces the brutality of the slave trade and the greed of traffickers, and raises questions about dignity, freedom, and the dehumanization of slaves and merchants.
Volume 21 of Magnard's Classiques et Contemporains collection, with the complete text; the work was originally published in 1829.
School edition intended for Collège and Lycée Pro students in France, with material for working on argumentation and social denunciation in the classroom.
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, before translating the work of several notable Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical monuments, responsible for the protection of many historic sites, including the medieval citadel of Carcassonne and the restoration of the façade of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. Along with the writer George Sand, he discovered the series of tapestries called The Lady and the Unicorn, arranging for their preservation. He was instrumental in the creation of Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris, where the tapestries now are displayed. The official database of French monuments, the Base Mérimée, bears his name.
