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Demain j'aurai vingt ans - Alain Mabanckou

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Pointe-Noire, economic capital of Congo, in the 1970s. The narrator, Michel, is a boy of about ten who is learning about life, friendship, and love, while Congo experiences its first decade of independence under the leadership of the “immortal Marien Ngouabi,” a charismatic Marxist leader. The episodes of a colorful and joyful family chronicle follow one another, with their burlesque situations and colorful characters: Michel's adoptive father, a receptionist at the Victory Palace hotel; Maman Pauline, who sometimes struggles to raise her turbulent only son; Uncle René, loud-mouthed, rich, and nevertheless conveniently communist; friend Lounès, whose sister Caroline causes Michel's hormones to rage; and many others. But then Michel is suspected, perhaps rightly so, of possessing certain magical powers... In this lively tale, Alain Mabanckou offers us a sort of African version of La Vie devant soi. Love stories take center stage, with endearing characters including young girls and women. The language Mabanckou gives his narrator is delightful, full of comical images, and his feigned naivety works wonders.


Pointe-Noire, capitale économique du Congo, dans les années 1970. Le narrateur, Michel, est un garçon d'une dizaine d'années qui fait l'apprentissage de la vie, de l'amitié et de l'amour, tandis que le Congo vit sa première décennie d'indépendance sous la houlette de "l'immortel Marien Ngouabi", chef charismatique marxiste. Les épisodes d'une chronique familiale truculente et joyeuse se succèdent, avec ses situations burlesques, ses personnages hauts en couleur : le père adoptif de Michel, réceptionniste à l'hôtel Victory Palace ; maman Pauline, qui a parfois du mal à éduquer son turbulent fils unique ; l'oncle René, fort en gueule, riche et néanmoins opportunément communiste ; l'ami Lounès, dont la soeur Caroline provoque chez Michel un furieux remue-ménage d'hormones ; bien d'autres encore. Mais voilà que Michel est soupçonné, peut-être à raison, de détenir certains sortilèges... Au fil d'un récit enjoué, Alain Mabanckou nous offre une sorte de Vie devant soi à l'africaine. Les histoires d'amour y tiennent la plus grande place, avec des personnages attachants de jeunes filles et de femmes. La langue que Mabanckou prête à son narrateur est réjouissante, pleine d'images cocasses, et sa fausse naïveté fait merveille.


  • Poids de l'article ‏ : ‎ 305 grams
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11 x 1.7 x 17.5 cm


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Pointe-Noire, economic capital of Congo, in the 1970s. The narrator, Michel, is a boy of about ten who is learning about life, friendship, and love, while Congo experiences its first decade of independence under the leadership of the “immortal Marien Ngouabi,” a charismatic Marxist leader. The episodes of a colorful and joyful family chronicle follow one another, with their burlesque situations and colorful characters: Michel's adoptive father, a receptionist at the Victory Palace hotel; Maman Pauline, who sometimes struggles to raise her turbulent only son; Uncle René, loud-mouthed, rich, and nevertheless conveniently communist; friend Lounès, whose sister Caroline causes Michel's hormones to rage; and many others. But then Michel is suspected, perhaps rightly so, of possessing certain magical powers... In this lively tale, Alain Mabanckou offers us a sort of African version of La Vie devant soi. Love stories take center stage, with endearing characters including young girls and women. The language Mabanckou gives his narrator is delightful, full of comical images, and his feigned naivety works wonders.


Pointe-Noire, capitale économique du Congo, dans les années 1970. Le narrateur, Michel, est un garçon d'une dizaine d'années qui fait l'apprentissage de la vie, de l'amitié et de l'amour, tandis que le Congo vit sa première décennie d'indépendance sous la houlette de "l'immortel Marien Ngouabi", chef charismatique marxiste. Les épisodes d'une chronique familiale truculente et joyeuse se succèdent, avec ses situations burlesques, ses personnages hauts en couleur : le père adoptif de Michel, réceptionniste à l'hôtel Victory Palace ; maman Pauline, qui a parfois du mal à éduquer son turbulent fils unique ; l'oncle René, fort en gueule, riche et néanmoins opportunément communiste ; l'ami Lounès, dont la soeur Caroline provoque chez Michel un furieux remue-ménage d'hormones ; bien d'autres encore. Mais voilà que Michel est soupçonné, peut-être à raison, de détenir certains sortilèges... Au fil d'un récit enjoué, Alain Mabanckou nous offre une sorte de Vie devant soi à l'africaine. Les histoires d'amour y tiennent la plus grande place, avec des personnages attachants de jeunes filles et de femmes. La langue que Mabanckou prête à son narrateur est réjouissante, pleine d'images cocasses, et sa fausse naïveté fait merveille.


  • Poids de l'article ‏ : ‎ 305 grams
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11 x 1.7 x 17.5 cm


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