Tal vez contaré mi historia. Una lectura de La Vie Scélérate de Maryse Condé

Abstract

In the novel La Vie Scélérate, Maryse Condé, born in Guadeloupe Island, draws two parallel story lines: one tells the story of four generations of a family, and the other, in which the first one is inscribed, belongs to the official History. The most significant pages of the novel are encompassed in this second part. The way in which the author brings back the main themes developed in some of her previous works is: identity conflicts, racial discrimination and the role of women…