- Guadeloupe literature (French), Roman guadeloupéen, Littérature guadeloupéenne, Guadeloupe fiction (French)
Notes: Translation of: La vie scélérate. Description: 371 p. ; 22 cm. Other Titles: Vie scélérate. Responsibility: Maryse Condé ; translated by Victoria Reiter. More information:
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- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Maryse Condé
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 348
- Publisher
- Pocket, Peter Hammer, Piper
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9783872947062
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Maryse Condé was a Guadeloupean author of historical fiction, best known for her novels *[Segu](/works/OL470774W)* & *[Moi, Tituba, Sorcière... Noire de Salem](/works/OL470774W)*. She was born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, youngest of eight children. In 1953, her parents sent her to study at Lycée Fénelon and Sorbonne in Paris, where she majored in English. In 1959, she married Mamadou Condé, a Guinean actor. After graduating, she taught in Guinea, Ghana, and Senegal. In 1981, she divorced, but the following year married [Richard Philcox](authors/OL3065263A), English language translator of most of her novels. (Adapted & modified from [Wikipedia][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryse
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