Le Congo à l'honneur
$10.00 USD
Join us at the Alliance Française of Houston to (re)discover Alain Mabanckou's novels and work.
Born in 1966 in the Republic of the Congo, Alain Mabanckou is the author of several novels,
including "Mémoire de porc-épic" (Seuil, 2006) for which he received the Renaudot
Prize. He lives in the United States, where he teaches French literature at UCLA, and
in France. His work has been translated into some twenty languages. "Verre cassé"
has also been adapted for the stage in several productions.
In his latest book, "Le commerce des allongés" published in 2022 by Seuil, Alain
Mabanckou plunges us into the heart of his favorite city, Pointe-Noire, to show us
that the dead are not dead, but simply passed into the camp of the invisible. Based
on the funeral rites of the Congo-Brazzaville of his childhood, the writer has
composed a fable from beyond the grave, whose hero, an extralucid dead man,
dialogues with the dead and denounces the inequalities of contemporary Africa.
This event is co-organized by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Consulate General of France in Houston. www.frenchculturesfestival.com
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