“A magnificent story that fights for itself against stereotypes and clichés. "
L'Express
After twenty-three years of absence, I returned to Pointe-Noire, a port city in the Congo where I grew up. In the meantime, my mother is dead and I, the only son, did not go to the funeral. For a month, I strolled around the city abroad: Maman Pauline's cabin, Karl-Marx high school, Rex cinema ... Day after day, between supernatural and enchantment, I brought the lights of my childhood back to life.
Alain Mabanckou is a poet and novelist. In 2015, he was professor of artistic creation at the Collège de France. He is notably the author of Porcupine Memories - Renaudot Prize -, Petit Piment and Le monde est mon langue .