Used book – On the banks of Stanley Pool, Roca-blèses reste De

Through the biography of Nénette, now "elsewhere" as the author so beautifully puts it to describe Alzheimer's disease, an entire chapter of our history is recounted: that of colonial France in the first half of the 20th century – the daily life of white people in Africa, the customs and beliefs of its inhabitants, the violent abuses of colonization, but also the positive actions of certain colonials or others... And while the pages of absence sensitively punctuate this story, rich in testimonies and lessons, M.A. Reste de Roca-Blésès has pertinently supplemented this fictionalized biography with an appendix, featuring excerpts from the Code Noir and the tours of a governor-general. A moving writing, a profound book...