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Victoire: My Mother's Mother (2006)

by Maryse Condé(Favorite Author)
3.7 of 5 Votes: 4
ISBN
1416592768 (ISBN13: 9781416592761)
languge
English
publisher
Atria Books
review 1: "Victoire" focuses on the mother/daughter dynamic between a Creole indentured servant and her progressive, educated daughter, and also, by way of character relationships and interactions, draws racist and classist issues to the forefront. Condé's auto-fiction relies heavily on a hybrid of research into the French Antilles and her own creativity, creating an historically rich and imaginative tale of her own family, and specifically of her grandmother, Victoire.
review 2: This was a very interesting book. It is a fiction story about the life of the author's grandmother that she never knew. I seem to gravitate toward novels that are translated into English from other languages and that have characters and settings far different from what I am used to. I thou
... moreght the telling of life in another time and another place was done well in this book. Also knowing that it is based on a true story made it more interesting. less
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nala
As always with Maryse Condé, a gripping read, with the added depth here of a personal family story.
Bofa
the story of the woman Marise didn't know growing up.
vmjkarma
Big fan. Really interesting woman and writer.
maleisha
A complicated story, but a good read.
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