by Marie Ndiaye · French and European Publications Inc · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070440498
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«Trois femmes puissantes» is a collection of three stories by Marie NDiaye, published by Folio in paperback (336 pages, in French).
The work brings together three stories featuring Norah, Fanta and Khady Demba, women who resist life's humiliations with dignity. Norah returns to Africa to confront her father; Fanta, a teacher in Dakar, has moved to France with her partner; Khady, a young widow, tries to reach Europe. All fight to preserve their dignity.
Winner of the Prix Goncourt 2009. No. 5199 in the Folio collection. Originally published in 2009 and reissued in 2011.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction, French literature and stories with female protagonists.
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.
