by Patrick Chamoiseau · Libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070304448
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«Biblique des derniers gestes» is the novel by Patrick Chamoiseau published by Gallimard in paperback (880 pages, in French).
Balthazar Bodule-Jules, who claims to have been born fifteen billion years ago, decides to die and evokes the seven hundred and twenty-seven women he loved. The narrative takes him alongside Che in Bolivia, Hô Chi Minh in Vietnam, Lumumba in the Congo and Frantz Fanon in Algeria, and back to his childhood in Martinique.
It belongs to the folio collection (no. 3942), in the 2003 edition. Patrick Chamoiseau is a winner of the Prix Goncourt.
For readers of contemporary Caribbean fiction and novels with a historical and anti-colonial backdrop.
Patrick Chamoiseau is a French author from Martinique known for his work in the créolité movement. His work spans a variety of forms and genres, including novels, essays, children's books, screenplays, theatre and comics. His novel Texaco was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1992.
