num_pages: 158
description: 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.These gem-like vignettes capture the spirit of Condé’s fiction: haunting, powerful, poignant, and leavened with a streak of humor.Maryse Condé’s previous work includes the novels Windward Heights and Desirada, both available from Soho Press.
language: English
title: Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood
titlecomplete: Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood
genres: History, Classics, Feminism, Biography, Memoir, France, Biography Memoir, French Literature, Short Stories, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1475
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Prix Marguerite Yourcenar
publisher: Soho Press