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Edition 7 (1909)

NovelFrench literatureLiterary award

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Marius-Ary Leblond まりうす=あり るぶろん Winner

Seen through a young Creole from Réunion arriving in Paris, the novel explores adaptation to the city and the making of a self. Its tension comes from the clash between colonial background and metropolitan life.

A novel that follows a young man in Paris as he moves between belonging and estrangement.

484 pages
colonial experienceParisself-fashioning