Maryse Condé Knihy

Tituba je z dobových pramenů dochované jméno černošské otrokyně z Barbadosu, která se řízením osudu ocitla v roce 1692 v americkém Salemu. V puritánském městě vyvolá její barva kůže hrůzu a davová hysterie vyvrcholí nechvalně známými procesy proti čarodějnicím. Guadeloupská spisovatelka Maryse Condéová nechává Titubu v dobrodružném propojení fantazie a historické látky vyprávět příběh procesů z pohledu otrokyně. V románu o putování Tituby z exotického ostrova do studeného Nového světa a zpět se Maryse Condéová dotýká témat kolonialismu, lidské svobody i údělu žen. Její historická fabulace se ale vyznačuje zejména osobitou ironií, se kterou přistupuje jak k drastickým momentům života otroků, tak nepřímo i k současným snahám o napravení křivd.

Ivan and Ivana are twins with a bond so strong they become afraid of their feelings. As young adults in Paris, Ivana joins the police while Ivan walks the path of radicalisation. Unable to live with or without each other, become perpetrator and victim in a wave of violent attacks. With her most impressive novel to date, this master storyteller offers an impressive picture of a colourful yet turbulent 21st century.

Condé's story is rich and colorful and glorious. It sprawls over continents and centuries to find its way into the reader's heart Maya Angelou

For nearly four decades, Maryse Condé, best known for her novels Segu and Windward Heights, has been at the forefront of French Caribbean literature. In this collection of essays and lectures, written over many years and in response to the challenges posed by a changing world, she reflects on the ideas and histories that have moved her. From the use of French as her literary language--despite its colonial history--to the agonies of the Middle Passage, at the horrors of African dictatorship, and the politically induced poverty of the Caribbean to migration under globalization, Condé casts her unflinching eye over the world which is her inheritance, her burden, and her future. Even while paying homage to her intellectual and literary influences--including Frantz Fanon, Leopold Sedar Senghor, and Aimé Césaire--Condé establishes in these pages the singularity of her vision and the reason for the enormous admiration that her writing has garnered from readers and critics alike.

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 skillfully intertwines the themes of exile, lost origins, memory, and hope. It is set mainly in the Americas, from the Caribbean to modern-day South Carolina, yet Africa hovers always in the background.

"Francis Sancher always said he would come to an unnatural end. So when this handsome newcomer to the Guadeloupean village of Rivière au Sel is found dead, face down in the mud, no one is particularly surprised. Loved by some - especially women - and reviled by others, Francis was an enigmatic figure. Where did he come from? What caused his strange nocturnal wanderings? What devils haunted him? As the villagers come to pay their respects, they each reveal another piece of the mystery behind his life and death - and their own buried secrets and stories come to light."--Provided by publisher.

The narrative centers on Dieudonné Sabrina, a young black gardener accused of murdering his wealthy white employer and lover, Loraine. As he seeks refuge on his sailboat, La Belle Créole, the story unfolds through flashbacks during a tumultuous night in Port-Mahault, Guadeloupe. Set against a backdrop of social unrest and labor strikes, the novel explores themes of identity, race, and the uncertain futures of both Dieudonné and the island itself. Condé's work weaves a complex tale of desperation and societal decay.

Babakar is an African doctor living alone until the child Anaïs comes into his life. Forced to abandon his solitude, he takes her to Haiti in search of her family.

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 either with or without each other, become perpetrator and victim in a wave of violent attacks. In The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana, Maryse Condé, winner of the 2018 Alternative Nobel prize in literature, touches upon major contemporary issues such as racism, terrorism, political corruption, economic inequality, globalization, and migration. With her most modern novel to date, this master storyteller offers an impressive picture of a colorful yet turbulent 21st century.