Short stories
Ah, les femmes !
Not translated into English
Isaïe Biton Koulibaly · 1987
Synopsis
Short stories devoted to the women of Côte d'Ivoire, to their moods, their tribulations and their dramas, in marriage as in the city. From one story to the next, the heroines bear faults that the book presents as irremediable, and the men appear as their victims far more than as their accomplices.
Context
The collection appeared in 1987 in Lomé, from the publisher Haho, which reprinted it in 1996; it had as companion volumes Ah ! les hommes..., in 1991, and Encore les femmes... Toujours les femmes !, in 1995. Jean N'Drya made an episodic series of the same title from it, and Fraternité Matin reports a Spanish translation published in 2004. In 2025, Uchenna Bethrand Anih read in it a reply to African feminist writings, which seeks to absolve men of any fault.
Who it is for
A collection of about one hundred and seventy pages, in French, in a simple style to which Fraternité Matin attributes its success.
Prizes and reception
The first great success of its author and, according to Fraternité Matin, his most popular book; Connection ivoirienne regards the author as the most widely read writer in the country.
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