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The Last of the African Kings follows the wayward fortunes of a noble African family. It begins with the regal Béhanzin, an African king who opposed French colonialism and was exiled to distant Martinique. In the course of this brilliant novel, Maryse Condé tells of Béhanzin's scattered offspring and their lives in the Caribbean and the United States. A book made up of many characters and countless stories, The Last of the African Kings skillf...

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Maryse Condé is the Grande Dame of Caribbean Literature Maryse was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize in 2018, when the Nobel Prize in Literature was suspended, and received the Grand-Croix de l'Ordre national du Mérite from President Emmanuel Macron in 2020 This is the third book we are publishing by Maryse Condé. Her previous titles The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana and Waiting for the Waters to Rise have received multiple awa...

A mesmerizing novel from the winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize in Literature Babakar is a doctor living alone, with only the memories of his African childhood. In his dreams, he receives visits from his blue-eyed mother and his ex-lover Azelia, both now gone, as are the hopes and aspirations he’s carried with him since his arrival in Guadeloupe. Until, one day, the child Anaïs comes into his life, forcing him to abandon his solitude. Anaïs...

A pair of twins who had at one time been inseparable leave Guadeloupe for Mali and then later in life move to Paris, eventually growing apart, with one twin coming to walk a beat and the other twin set for a path of radicalisation. Translated by Richard Philcox.

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Born in Guadeloupe, Ivan and Ivana are twins with a bond so strong they become afraid of their feelings for one another. When their mother sends them off to live with their father in Mali they begin to grow apart, until, as young adults in Paris, Ivana's youthful altruism compels her to join the police academy, while Ivan, stunted by early experiences of rejection and exploitation, walks the path of radicalization. The twins, unable to live ei...

Translation of: Mets et merveilles"--Copyright page.

When he opposes French colonialism in his native Africa, regal Behanzin is exiled to the far-off island of Martinique. In the course of her novel, renowned author Maryse Conde tells the story of Behanzin's scattered offspring and their lives in the Caribbean and the United States. She skillfully intertwines themes of exile, lost origins, and hope--with Africa hovering in the background. 204 pp.

Maryse Condé is one of the best-known and most beloved French Caribbean literary voices. The author of more than twenty novels, she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015 and has long been recognized as a giant of black feminist literature. While Condé has previously published an autobiography of her childhood, What Is Africa to Me? tells for the first time the story of her early adult years in Africa--years formative n...

Prizewinning writer Maryse Conde reimagines Emily Bronte's passionate novel as a tale of obsessive love between the "African" Rayze and Cathy, the mulatto daughter of the man who takes Rayze in and raises him, but whose treatment goads him into rebellious flight. Retaining the emotional power of the original, Conde shows us Caribbean society in the wake of emancipation.