Crossing the Mangrove

Maryse Condé

Original title: Traversée de la mangrove

earliest edition we have, 1990 Mercure de France, 1990 265 pages

Collection Folio -- 2411

In Guadeloupe, a man is found dead in the village of Riviere au Sel. He was Francis Sancher, a handsome individual, liked by some and reviled by others. The villagers come to pay their last respects and in speech or in internal monologue reveal their relationship to him. They include the postman who was his friend, the man who hated his guts and the woman who wishes she could burn on his pyre.

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This book in English

Richard Philcox 1 printing we hold · 1995 · Anchor Books/Doubleday

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Editions we hold

Crossing the Mangrove edition · 2021 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241530054
Crossing the Mangrove edition · 2021 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780141998121
Crossing the Mangrove edition · 1995 · Anchor Books/Doubleday · 207 pages
Traversée de la mangrove edition · 1992 · Mercure de France · 250 pages
Unter den Mangroven edition · 1991 · Droemer Knaur · 9783426031230
Traversée de la mangrove edition · 1990 · Mercure de France · 265 pages

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