Novel
Les Frasques d'Ébinto
Not translated into English
Amadou Koné · 1975
Synopsis
Ébinto Menzan, an eighteen-year-old schoolboy promised a fine education, grew up with Monique as with a sister. He meets her again in Bassam, changed, while he is in love with a classmate, Murielle. One night Monique comes to him; a few days later she knows she is pregnant. Her father threatens to take the young man to court if he does not marry her: Ébinto must give up his studies and marry, and he soon makes his wife bear the weight of his lost dreams.
Context
The novel first appeared in Paris in 1975, from La Pensée universelle, then in 1980 in the Monde noir poche series, co-published by Hatier and the Centre d'édition et de diffusion africaines; it was reissued in 2002 and, in 2013, in a series of set reading intended for classes. A feature-film adaptation, directed by Luc Gnépa from a screenplay by Armand Gauz and produced by Charly Kodjo, was in preparation in 2024.
Who it is for
A short novel of about a hundred and fifty pages, in French; its characters are secondary-school pupils and adolescents.
Prizes and reception
On the Ivorian school curriculum for more than ten years according to Abidjan.net in 2024; Fraternité Matin says it is read by thousands of teenagers.
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