by Marie Ndiaye · Acantilado · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492649372
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«Tres mujeres fuertes» is the contemporary novel by Marie Ndiaye, published by Acantilado in paperback (296 pages, in Spanish).
The novel brings together three intertwined stories featuring Norah, Fanta and Khady Demba, women who face adversity and humiliation without renouncing their dignity. Through their voices, Marie Ndiaye explores pain and violence, forgiveness and cruelty, and the strength born of resistance.
It belongs to the Acantilado Narrativa collection (no. 168) and won the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Translated by José Ramón Monreal.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in current French literature and stories of female resistance and dignity.
Marie NDiaye is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009 for her novel Trois femmes puissantes. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 legal drama Saint Omer alongside its director Alice Diop, and Amrita David. In September 2022, the film was selected as France's official selection for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards. The English translation of her novel The Witch, by Jordan Stump, was published in 2026 and was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
