Corazón que ríe, corazón que llora

No es fácil vivir entre dos mundos, y la niña Maryse lo sabe. En casa, en la isla caribeña de Guadalupe, sus padres se niegan a hablar criollo y se enorgullecen de ser franceses de pura cepa, pero, cuando la familia visita París, la pequeña repara en cómo los blancos los miran por encima del hombro. Eternamente a caballo entre la lágrima y la sonrisa, entre lo bello y lo terrible, asistimos al relato de los primeros años de Condé, desde su nacimiento en pleno Mardi Gras, con los gritos de su madre confundiéndose con los tambores del carnaval, hasta el primer amor, el primer dolor, la vocación literaria, la primera muerte. Los recuerdos de una escritora que, muchos años después, echa la vista atrás y se zambulle en su pasado, buscando hacer las paces consigo misma y con sus orígenes. "Maryse Conde was the eighth child in her family, an unexpected one. Her father, a civil servant, had been awarded the Legion d'honneur; her elegant mother had been a schoolteacher. She was raised to respect the culture of France. Her family was proud of its position in the world and mindful of distinctions of skin tone, language and class.". "In this collection of autobiographical essays, Maryse Conde evokes the relationships and events that gave her childhood meaning: her first crush; a falling out with her best friend; discovering her parents' feelings of alienation; the death of her beloved grandmother; her own first encounter with racism."--BOOK JACKET. "In this collection of autobiographical essays, Maryse Condé vividly evokes the relationships and events that gave her childhood meaning: discovering her parents' feelings of alienation, her first crush, a falling out with her best friend, the death of her beloved grandmother, her first encounter with racism"-- Provided by publisher