Description
In a shantytown on the outskirts of Fort-de-France, an elderly woman, Marie-Sophie Laborieux, gathers her life into story—turning memory into a living archive of a community shaped by dispossession and survival. As her recollections unfold, the novel traces the social and historical forces that formed Martinique’s marginalized Afro-Caribbean neighborhoods, casting the Texaco oil refinery as both looming presence and symbol of exploitation. Chamoiseau’s lyrical, inventive prose draws on oral storytelling and Creole rhythms, weaving past and present with a sense of urgency that feels at once intimate and epic. At its heart, the book is a meditation on colonialism, slavery’s afterlives, identity, and resistance—where the act of speaking becomes a form of reclaiming power.
Available Editions
paperback
Gallimard
Published Jan 1, 1992
432 pages
ISBN: 2070727505
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Details
First Published
1992
Language
fra
Translation
From: fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Texaco by Patrick Chamoiseau.