Les mémoires d'un vonvon
By: Tonton Dumoco ; avec la participation de Raphaël Confiant, Alain Delatte et Vincent Huygues-Belrose
Contributors: Confiant, Raphaël, 1951- translator; Delatte, Alain, writer of supplementary textual content; Huyghues-Belrose, Vincent, writer of supplementary textual content
Series: Collection livres anciens
Publisher: K. Éditions
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Fort-de-France
Language: fre; cpf; crp
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9782918141396
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Social life and customs; Civilization; Humor; Biography; History; Insects; Manners and customs
Description: This book was originally published in 1905 and shortly after disappeared. The original manuscript was found in 2009. It is considered a true treasury of Martinique literature, an original story that combines native humor with social satire, written under a pseudonym.
Notes: Text first published in 1905.

Tonton Dumoco is a pseudonym for an unknown author.

Appendices: "L'itinéraire de Vonvon par Vincent Huygues-Belrose" (pages 163-172) ; "Traduction en Français des mots, expressions et dialogues créoles" par Raphaël Confiant (175-233p.) ; "Le bestiaire et La flore créoles par Alain Delatte" (pages 237-275).

Text in French with parts in French Creole and Creole with French translations.