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Une Si Longue Lettre Pocket Book – July 1, 2002

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Une si longue lettre est une oeuvre majeure, pour cequ'elle dit de la condition des femmes. Au coeur de ce roman, la lettre quel'une d'elle, Ramatoulaye, adresse à sa meilleure amie, pendant la réclusion traditionnellequi suit son veuvage.

Elle y évoque leurs souvenirs heureux d'étudiantesimpatientes de changer le monde, et cet espoir suscité par les Indépendances.Mais elle rappelle aussi les mariages forcés, l'absence de droits des femmes.Et tandis que sa belle-famille vient prestement reprendre les affaires dudéfunt, Ramatoulaye évoque alors avec douleur le jour où son mari prit une secondeépouse, plus jeune, ruinant vingt-cinq années de vie commune et d'amour.

La Sénégalaise Mariama Bâ est la première romancièreafricaine à décrire avec une telle lumière la place faite aux femmes dans sasociété.

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    164 pages
  2. Language
    French
  3. Publisher
    Distribooks Inc
  4. Publication date
    July 1, 2002
  5. Dimensions
    4.33 x 0.55 x 6.69 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    2842612892
  7. ISBN-13
    978-2842612894
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Distribooks Inc; SERPENT A PLUMES edition (July 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French
  • Pocket Book ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 2842612892
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-2842612894
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.39 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.33 x 0.55 x 6.69 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 474 ratings

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Lolita
5.0 out of 5 stars Good product
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2023
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Was read befor but I like it and just considered worth to have it.
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Cindy
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2020
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Livre neuf , très bonne qualité. La couverture n’est pas dure. C’est un livre de poche en gros. 165 pages. L’auteur a fait du bon boulot. C’est une lettre de le personnage principal envoi à une de ses amies. Nous donne une meilleure compréhension de la culture sénégalaise, surtout du point de vue d’une femme qui vient de perdre son mari et qui a une coepouse.
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Pat
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful rendering of nowadays western Africa from the woman's point ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2015
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An amazingly constructed story. A tale of two ladies. Both from the same origin, both friends, but separated in their way of living. A beautiful rendering of nowadays western Africa from the woman's point of view, with the difficulties both ladies encounter, even though different difficulties. A book that is easy to read... you might even adopt one of the characters, or both of them, but you will learn. If you are not African, you will have an important taste of Africa. Enjoy!
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Naïma
5.0 out of 5 stars A feminist must read
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Je l’ai lu d’un trait, plus d’une fois! Mariama Sy is magnificent in the way she makes the reader relate to each character
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great quality book
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Akoélé
5.0 out of 5 stars Kulturelle Realitäten
Reviewed in Germany on April 13, 2024
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Mir hat die Geschichte und die Beschreibung sehr gut gefallen. Ich konnte das Senegal der 80er Jahre ein Stückchen näher kennenlernen.
Und Mariama Ba ist eine tolle Schriftstellerin. Sehr berührende Wortwahl.
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Bouba
5.0 out of 5 stars Une sénégalaise avec de nouvelle vision face à une société traditionaliste
Reviewed in France on December 23, 2022
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L'écrivaine sénégalaise, décrit un récit se déroulant dans une ville sénégalaise. Elle est porteuse des nouvelles idées. Elle écrit une lettre à sa meilleure amie avec qui elles ont passé des études universitaires. Elle partage sa déception amoureuse débutée par l'arrivée de la deuxième épouse de son mari. Elle élève sa voie contre la polygamie. Ce qui me marque le plus, c'est cette phrase "on devient mère pour comprendre l'inexplicable"; malgré toute cette pression qui veut qu'elle punie sa fille qui vient d'avoir un enfant sans être marié, chose étrange dans cette société qui veut les femmes soient chaste avant leur mariage, la protagoniste est tendre avec sa fille, elle la console et elle la protège et veut que sa fille soit épanouie en connaissant un véritable amour.
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Modou Mergane
5.0 out of 5 stars E buona
Reviewed in Italy on November 1, 2021
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E buona grazie
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viviane
5.0 out of 5 stars je recommande ce livre !!!
Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2017
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très belle histoire qui illustre ce qu'ont endure et endurent toujours les femmes africaines. les degats de la polygamie et comment se relever en tant que femme malgré tout.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2015
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Fantastic book...
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