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La vie sans fards

La vie sans fards

Condé, Maryse

Paperback

Series: Litterature Francaise

Biographies GeneralGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 2709636859
ISBN13: 9782709636858
Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
Published: Oct 18 2021
Pages: 334
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: French
In this very moving narrative, Maryse Condé recounts her youth, that of a passionate, very young mother, a youth influenced by Africa, and the birth of a woman and a writer.

My life unvarnished was born of a double ambition. Firstly, I've always asked myself why every attempt to speak of one's self resulted in a batch of half-truths. It would appear that human beings are so desirous of portraying an existence different than reality that they embellish it despite themselves. My life unvarnished should be considered an attempt to speak the truth, to discard the temptations of myth and flattering idealizations. It is also an attempt to describe the birth of the vocation of a writer. Is writing in fact a job? Why invent lives, why invent characters who have no direct relationship to reality? This is perhaps the most universal of all my books. I use the word universal purposely although I know it highly displeases some. Above all, it is the story of a woman's search for happiness and the ideal companion while she deals with the difficulties of life. She is confronted with that crucial choice, still valid today, of either becoming a mother or choosing to exist only for herself. Maryse Condé

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