Books from French Guiana
5 popular french guianese books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around South America Challenge" were written by authors from French Guiana.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Batuala by René Maran ES
Country: South America / French Guiana
French Guiana
Description:
Un clásico moderno. El primer Premio Goncourt escrito por un autor negro. En 1921 nadie se atrevía a dudar de la validez del colonialismo como medio de paz y civilización. Sin embargo, una voz se alzó. La de René Maran, escritor antillano —por entonces funcionario del Ministerio de Colonias— que denunció los abusos de la Administración en el África Ecuatorial francesa y las fechorías del imperialismo en una novela decisiva: Batuala. Sus palabras desencadenaron un auténtico escándalo que culminó con la concesión del Premio Goncourt. Cien años después, su texto mantiene una total actualidad, tan... continue
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Pigments - Nevralgies by Leon Goutran Damas EN
Country: South America / French Guiana
French Guiana
Description:
Two volumes of poems
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The Bastards by Bertène Juminer, A. James Arnold, Kandioura Drame, Keith O. Warner EN
Country: South America / French Guiana
French Guiana
Description:
This is a novel of education: social, political, radical, and medical. The protagonist is collective, a group of medical students from French Guiana at the University of Montpellier, France, who learn what separates them as Caribbean people from their French and African counterparts. Juminer characterizes the three principal types of men drawn together in the stuggle for emancipation: "those who sooner or later will opt for violence; those who, by their sterling example, prefer to work patiently in the socioprofessional arena, in order to instill a certain moral and civic sense in their countr... continue