Crossing the Mangrove

Resumen del libro

'People say that on the first night Francis Sancher spent in Riviere au Sel the wind in its temper screamed down from the mountains...'

Francis Sancher always said he would come to an unnatural end. So when this handsome newcomer to the Guadeloupean village of Riviere au Sel is found dead, face down in the mud, no one is particularly surprised. Loved by some - especially women - and reviled by others, Francis was an enigmatic figure. Where did he come from? What caused his strange nocturnal wanderings? What devils haunted him? As the villagers come to pay their respects, they each reveal another piece of the mystery behind his life and death - and their own buried secrets and stories come to light.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p Maryse Condé nació en 1937 en la isla antillana de Guadalupe. Estudió en París y ha residido largos años en África. Ha enseñado Literatura Caribeña y Francesa en Columbia. Formó parte del Comité por la Memoria de la Esclavitud en Francia. Entre sus obras, destacan sus memorias x{0026}lt;i Corazón que ríe, corazón que llorax{0026}lt;/i (1999; Impedimenta, 2019), su continuación, x{0026}lt;i La vida sin maquillajex{0026}lt;/i (2012; Impedimenta, 2020), así como las novelas x{0026}lt;i Yo, Tituba, la bruja negra de Salemx{0026}lt;/i (1986; Impedimenta, 2022), x{0026}lt;i La Deseadax{0026}lt;/i (1997; Impedimenta, 2021) y x{0026}lt;i El evangelio del Nuevo Mundox{0026}lt;/i (Impedimenta, 2023). En 2018 fue galardonada con el Premio Nobel Alternativo de Literatura.x{0026}lt;/p