In March 1977, Congolese President Marien Ngouabi was brutally assassinated. Political violence breaks out even in the privacy of the small village of Pointe-Noire and sweeps away the innocence of little Michel who will, among other things, learn to lie. With great candor, he tells us about the three confused days that followed this attack. Will he have to stop dreaming?
Alain Mabanckou is a poet and novelist. In 2015, he was professor of artistic creation at the Collège de France. He currently teaches French literature at UCLA. He is notably the author of Porcupine Memories - Renaudot Prize -, Petit Piment and Le monde est mon langue .
"What strength! Mabanckou invigorates the language, gives it pep. It holds a special and necessary place in French literature. It is a great pleasure to read it. "