Mission terminée — Roman Prix Sainte-Beuve 1958

Authors : Mongo Beti

Genres : roman

Original language : français

Editions

  • Buchet/Chastel, 1957 fr

Mission terminée (1957)

Sequel to Ville cruelle, Mission terminée won the Prix Sainte-Beuve in 1958. The novel follows a young Cameroonian bachelier who discovers that the promises of the colonial school hide a modern Africa where everything must be rebuilt.

Prix Sainte-Beuve 1958, this novel confirms Mongo Beti as one of the greatest Francophone African writers.

Sources

  1. « Mongo Beti », Encyclopédie Universalis, https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/mongo-beti/
  2. African Studies Centre Leiden, « Mongo Beti dossier », https://www.ascleiden.nl/content/webdossiers/mongo-beti
  3. Open Library, https://openlibrary.org/works/OL740305W