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Onitsha

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Fintan, Maou, Geoffroy : trois rêves, trois révoltes. Et une même soif. Fintan Allen a douze ans lorsque, le 14 mars 1948, il embarque pour l'Afrique avec sa mère, Maou. Geoffroy Allen, qui avait laissé en France sa femme et son fils, leur a enfin demandé de venir le rejoindre à Onitsha, petit port fluvial où il travaille pour la United Africa. Fintan ne connaît ni son père, ni l'Afrique. Maou, elle, rêve d'une Afrique idyllique où elle pourra vivre près de l'homme qu'elle aime, à l'abri des préjugés familiaux qui condamnaient en lui le rêveur sans le sou, et anglais de surcroît. C'est une Afrique bien différente qu'elle va découvrir, dévorante, insaisissable. Et un conformisme plus oppressant encore : celui du milieu colonial, fait de haines, de mesquineries, d'échecs inavouables. "L'Afrique brûle comme un secret, comme une fièvre. Geoffroy Allen ne peut pas détacher son regard, un seul instant, il ne peut pas rêver d'autres rêves." Ce livre est pareil à l'Afrique. S'il s'en dégage malgré sa violence un tel sentiment de sérénité, c'est que, chez Le Clézio, même la fièvre, même la révolte, même la défaite sont les couleurs de la paix.

Format: Paperback
Published: 1991
Pages: 264
Publisher: GALLIMARD
ISBN: 9782070722303

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