by Paule Constant · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070739769
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«La fille du Gobernator» is the novel by Paule Constant, published by Gallimard in paperback (192 pages, in French).
After the First World War, Chrétienne, a seven-year-old girl, arrives in Cayenne with her father, the new prison director, and her mother. For the adults, the penal colony is a place of redemption; for the girl, a world of prisoners who care for and educate her. With poetry and irony, the novel portrays the loss of innocence, corruption, and colonialism.
Originally published in 1994, the novel belongs to Gallimard's nrf collection and bears the subtitle «roman» on its cover.
A work for readers of French fiction interested in childhood, colonialism, and justice.
Paule Constant is a French novelist.
