Dans La Terre en miettes, nous suivons le destin de la deuxième génération des Traoré, confrontée à l'invasion islamiste de Ségou en 1860. Ce récit explore les tensions entre racines, Islam et Catholicisme, tout en rendant hommage à la mémoire et à l'âme de l'Afrique à travers des figures féminines marquantes.
At the age of seven, Tituba watched as her mother was hanged for daring to wound a plantation owner who tried to rape her. She was raised from then on by Mama Yaya, a gifted woman who shared with her the secrets of healing and magic. But it was Tituba's love of the slave John Indian that led her from safety into slavery, and the bitter, vengeful religion practiced by the good citizens of Salem, Massachusetts. Though protected by the spirits, Tituba could not escape the lies and accusations of that hysterical time.As history and fantasy merge, Maryse Condé, acclaimed author of Tree of Life and Segu, creates the richly imagined life of a fascinating woman.
Autobiografisch getint relaas van de vlucht uit Parijs in de Tweede Wereldoorlog van een 15-jarig meisje met haar rijke joodse familie.