Description
A powerful novel of Africa's history and the men and women who determined its fate. From the East came Islam. From the West, the slave trade. The battle for Africa's soul had begun...
"A wondrous novel about a period of African history few other writers have addressed... Much of the novel's radiance comes from the lush descriptions of a traditional life that is both exotic and violent."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"Segu is an overwhelming accomplishment. It injects into the density of history characters who are as alive as you and I. Passionate, lusty, greedy, they are in conflict with themselves as well as with God and Mammon. Maryse Conde has done us all a tremendous service by rendering history so compelling and exciting. Segu is a literary masterpiece I could not put down."
-LOUISE MERIWETHER
Author: Maryse Conde
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 03/12/1988
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.66w x 1.24d
ISBN13: 9780345353061
ISBN10: 0345353064
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
- Fiction | Religious | General
"A wondrous novel about a period of African history few other writers have addressed... Much of the novel's radiance comes from the lush descriptions of a traditional life that is both exotic and violent."
-THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
"Segu is an overwhelming accomplishment. It injects into the density of history characters who are as alive as you and I. Passionate, lusty, greedy, they are in conflict with themselves as well as with God and Mammon. Maryse Conde has done us all a tremendous service by rendering history so compelling and exciting. Segu is a literary masterpiece I could not put down."
-LOUISE MERIWETHER
Author: Maryse Conde
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 03/12/1988
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.66w x 1.24d
ISBN13: 9780345353061
ISBN10: 0345353064
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
- Fiction | Religious | General
About the Author
A native of Guadeloupe, Maryse Condé lived for many years in Paris, where she taught West Indian literature at the Sorbonne. The author of several novels that have been well received in France (both Segu and its sequel were bestsellers), she has lectured widely in the United States and now divides her time between Guadeloupe and New York City.