The bestselling epic novel of family, treachery, rivalry, religious fervour and the turbulent fate of a people.
Maryse Conde (Author)
Maryse Conde was born at Pointe- -Pitre, Guadeloupe, in 1937 and
spent most of her life in West Africa (Guinea, Ghana and Senegal),
France and the US, where she taught at the University of
California, Berkeley, UCLA and Columbia. The publication of her
bestselling third novel, Segu (1984), established her pre-eminent
position among Caribbean writers. She won Le Grand Prix Litteraire
de la Femme in 1986 as well as Le Prix de L'Academie Fran aise in
1988 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in
2015.
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*
A stunning reaffirmation of Africa and its peoples... It's a
starburst
*John A. Williams*
The grand queen, the empress, of Caribbean literature
*Guardian*
Maryse Condé is an extraordinary storyteller who brings the history
of an African kingdom alive as vividly as if it existed today.
Suspenseful, shocking, panoramic and hugely engrossing, the novel
explores the politics and impact of external and domestic forces on
nineteenth century west Africa through wonderfully realised
characters and their complicated relationships. This is a great
novel: unputdownable and unforgettable
*Bernardine Evaristo*
If there were no tools on a desert island, I would take Segu by
Maryse Condé. This generational family saga has so many layers that
I can read and reread it, in between figuring out how to build a
raft
*Time Out*
Richly textured and detailed, this narrative, alternating between
the lives of various characters, illuminates magnificently a little
known historical period. Virtually every page glitters with nuggets
of cultural fascination
*Los Angeles Times*
A wondrous novel about a period of African history few other
writers have addressed
*New York Times Book Review*
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