Tales from the Heart - True Stories from my Childhood

<''I walked in a daze of illusions toward my future.''

Deeply felt and told with an intrepid spirit, Tales from the Heart are the intimate, formative stories from the childhood of the legendary Caribbean writer, Maryse Conde.

These affecting vignettes follow Conde''s early encounters with love, grief, friendship, as she navigates the pernicious legacy of slavery and colonialism in her home of Guadeloupe and as a student in Paris.<>

Product details

• Authors: Maryse Conde, Maryse Condé
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 17.04.2025
• EAN: 9780241752432
• ISBN: 978-0-241-75243-2
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Archive
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Guadeloupe, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Social and cultural history, Paris (City), Colonialism and imperialism, Literary essays, Slavery and abolition of slavery, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs