Ô pays, mon beau peuple !

by Ousmane Sembène

Un classique de la littérature africaine contemporaine, par l'un des plus grands écrivains sénégalais.
À la veille de l'indépendance du Sénégal, Oumar Faye revient dans son village natal après huit ans d'absence, accompagné de son épouse blanche. Aussitôt, sous l'arbre à palabres, les commérages vont bon train. Oumar tente d'apporter sur la terre de ses ancêtres les graines d'un esprit nouveau, que ce soit parmi les paysans ou ses proches : son père, imam ; sa mère, qui pratique encore les rites des anciens ; ses amis, qu'ils soient instituteurs ou médecins – blancs ou noirs. Cette aventure humaine pleine de fraîcheur et de vigueur finira cependant tragiquement...


Un roman subversif et engagé qui dresse le portrait d'une Afrique en pleine mutation, désireuse de se libérer du poids de ses traditions.

Genres: Senegal, Fiction, Africa, France

256 pages, Pocket Book

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Ousmane Sembène often credited in the French style as Sembène Ousmane in articles and reference works, was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer. The Los Angeles Times considered him one of the greatest authors of Africa and has often been called the "Father of African film."

Reviews

[Wim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Joli roman dans le style typique d'Ousmane Sembène, sur la lutte pour l'émancipation et la libération des peuples colonisés, tout comme Les Bouts De Bois De Dieu ou (mon favori) L'harmattan.

[Scarlett · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 étoiles parce que j’ai trouvé la première moitié un peu lente mais j’ai bcp aimé ce roman ! On retrouve les thèmes chers à Ousmane Sembène, l’Afrique, la lutte pour la libération des africains. Un bon moment passé à cette lecture

[Калоян Захариев]

Една любопитна книга, която разкрива много за живота в следвоенен колониален Сенегал. Сложните отношения между деца и родители, традициите, икономическия живот, потисничеството на белите колонизаторите. Всичко това през очите на сенегалски войник, върнал се от разгромната Германия с бялата си жена. Двамата се изправят срещу вековни табута.
Романът не блести с кой знае какви литературни качества, но все пак си струва да се прочете.

[Andy]

love it good stuff

[Dania · Rating 3 out of 5]

Captivant, facile à lire et très intéressant avec cependant quelques moments de creux et d’incompréhension

[Francine Bélanger · Rating 2 out of 5]

je n'arrive pas à le lire vraiment...je ne sais pas trop pourquoi...en tout cas, c'est pas un livre d'été...

[Jordie Merino · Rating 4 out of 5]

Roman du terroir vibes? Not sure what the plot is but I liked it

[James F · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a novel set in the Casamance (the part of Sénegal south of the Gambia) in approximately 1948 to 1950, between the end of World War II and the beginning of the Liberation struggle. The hero, Faye Oumar, returns from France where he had taken part in the war, with a white wife, Isabelle, and a new outlook on life. The book follows his struggle to make a living, his relationship to his parents, and his clashes with the white merchants and authorities. Ousmane deals with questions of race and identity, and with the economic and social evils of French colonialism. While it was evident from the beginning that this was not a novel which could have any sort of personal "happy ending" for the main characters, it was generally upbeat and much more optimistic than most of the later African literature that I have read.

[Metodi Markov · Rating 1 out of 5]

Муден и овехтял роман, с лош превод на български.

Преди 70 години вероятно е интригувал повече читателите си, сега навява единствено досада...

Dnf на 17%.

А най-вероятно, мизерията описана в книгата продължава да властва в Сенегал непроменена и днес.