Poetry
Voyage au cœur de la plèbe
Not translated into English
Quentin Ben Mongaryas · 1986
Synopsis
A poetry collection published in 1986, whose content no accessible presentation describes. Its title announces a journey into the world of the plebs, and the available readings place its author's poetry among political writings, bearing a message of the left. One of his poems translated into Spanish lists the ills of an Africa of clans, corruption and plundered riches, without it being known whether it belongs to this collection.
Context
The collection was published in 1986 in Paris by Silex, in 92 pages; it follows En route pour Kendjé (1974, 135 pages), two booklets of 1976 from Prométhée and Dans la rivière en feu (1977, 99 pages). Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa cites it among the collections of a period, from 1970 to 1990, when unwritten laws curbed freedom of expression and poetry made do with chiaroscuro.
Who it is for
A brief collection of 92 pages, in French; the BnF reports no reissue since 1986.
Prizes and reception
Probably the best known of its author's many collections, according to surveys of Gabonese literature.
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