Batoula: 8 (African Writers Series) - Softcover

Maran, Rene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435901354 ISBN 13: 9780435901356

Publisher: Pearson Education Limited, 1973

Synopsis

French African prose can be given a beginning with the publication in 1921 of the novel Batouala . . . its sensitive portrayal of African life, with its evocation of the natural environment, could not but make a profound impression upon its African readers and offered a vivid example of what an African novel in French could be.
-Abiola Irele

About this title

About the Author

Rene Maran was the first black writer to win the renowned French literary prize, the Prix Goncourt. He was born in Martinique and spent many years of his early childhood in Africa. After receiving his formal education in France, he joined the French colonial service and spent over twenty years in Black Africa. Batouala was born out of this experience, and was first published in French in 1921. This translation is, however, based upon the franker 1938 edition. He wrote seven other books including Le Livre de la Brousse (1934) and an autobiographical novel Un Homme pareil aux autres. He died in 1960.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
• Publication date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0435901354
• ISBN 13: 9780435901356
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154