Demain jaurai vingt ans

Posted on 23 June 2018 by Alain Mabanckou

Pointe Noire, capitale conomique du Congo, dans les ann es 1970 Le narrateur, Michel, est un gar on d une dizaine d ann es qui fait l apprentissage de la vie, de l amiti et de l amour, tandis que le Congo vit sa premi re d cennie d ind pendance sous la houlette de l immortel Marien Ngouabi , chef charismatique marxiste Les pisodes d une chronique familiale truculente et joyeuse se succ dent, avec ses situations burlesques, ses personnages hauts en couleur le p re adoptif de Michel, r ceptionniste l h tel Victory Palace maman Pauline, qui a parfois du mal duquer son turbulent fils unique l oncle Ren , fort en gueule, riche et n anmoins opportun ment communiste l ami Loun s, dont la soeur Caroline provoque chez Michel un furieux remue m nage d hormones bien d autres encore Mais voil que Michel est soup onn , peut tre raison, de d tenir certains sortil ges Au fil d un r cit enjou , Alain Mabanckou nous offre une sorte de Vie devant soi l africaine Les histoires d amour y tiennent la plus grande place, avec des personnages attachants de jeunes filles et de femmes La langue que Mabanckou pr te son narrateur est r jouissante, pleine d images cocasses, et sa fausse na vet fait merveille. Best Read [ Demain jaurai vingt ans ] by [ Alain Mabanckou ] – kino-fada.fr I really liked this book The first person narrative provided a captivating perspective and analysis of the post colonial Congo as well as domestic and global politics I particularly enjoyed the tension between the marxist rhetoric and obvious pursuit of capitalism by most of Michel s family The novel is largely plotless and I felt that this created arealistic coming of age narrative one held together by the people who surrounded Michel, the comings and goings of his city, Pointe Noire, I really liked this book The first person narrative provided a captivating perspective and analysis of the post colonial Congo as well as domestic and global politics I particularly enjoyed the tension between the marxist rhetoric and obvious pursuit of capitalism by...Kitapta ger ekten taktir etti im nokta u, yazar n ne yapt n bilen bir kalemi var Bu da ak c bir okuma sunuyor okura, ama s k c olmayan de ilKitap bir roman olarak ge se de, belli bir hikaye yok ortada 1970 ler Kongo sunda on ya ndaki Michel n neden yirmi ya na gelmek istemesini, g nl k ya ant s n , ya ad evreyi, k lt r , zaman n n d nya siyasetini, annesinin...Am yet to understand Alain s style of writing I felt like i was in another Catcher in the Rye where a boy is just talking non stop from one topic to another before coming back to where they left a reader Anyway, for humor and silly thoughts he killed it More so, am st...When I m on the road to happiness, then I ll know that I ve finally grown up, that I m twenty at last , October 31, 2014This review is from Tomorrow I ll Be Twenty Kindle Edition Enjoyable first person narrative, by a young Congolese lad on the verge of starting secondary school It s the 1970s, and as Michel observes his uncle spouting Marxist ideology, he sees to the hypocrisy of a man determined to hang on to his wealth The current affairs items that probably went largely unnoticed by Eu When I m on the road to happiness, then I ll know that I ve finally grown up, that I m twenty at last , October 31, 2014This review is from Tomorrow I ll Be Twenty Kindle Edition Enjoyable first person narrative, by a young Congolese lad on the verge of starting secondary school It s the 1970s, and as Michel observes his uncle spouting Marxist ideology, he sees t...I felt as thought I was Michel, His life and times although different felt familiar The colonial hang over The new technology and deep friendship in family made this an easy read The writer is truly gifted in telling a story the African way.I wish I could give this book ten stars I loved it so much and I m a bit sad that I ve finished it It was beautiful and heart warming.I was SO excited to read this book Taking place in Congo, told by a 10 year old boy, and written in fairly straightforward French what s not to love about it Turns out that while the author has a fairly engaging writing style, this book can absolutely not be called a story Rather, it consists of random interspersed observations and events that are barely if at all connected to each other This book has no proper begging nor ending it has no direction, no plot or underlying message The I was SO excited to read this book Taking place in Congo, told by a 10 year old boy, and written in fairly straightforward French what s not to love about it Turns out that while the author has a fairly engaging writing style, this book can absolutely not be called a story R...ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT This is amazing.Tomorrow I ll Be Twenty tells the story of a child named Michel living in Congo You get to see his daily life, his worries, what makes a little boy like him happy, the way he s able to think at that age, all from his point of view I think the author did an amazing job at conveying that perspective of a child to us adults I am very much interested in reading Alain Mabanckou s other books, unfortunately this is the only one translated in my own language but ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT This is amazing.Tomorrow I ll Be Twenty tells the story of a child named Michel living in Congo You get to see his daily life, his worries, what makes a little boy like him happy, the way he s able to think at that age, all from his point of view I thi...Congolese rites of passage novel Na ve and endearing narrator Lots of world history Funny and enjoyable.A lovely book with vignette type tales makes this coming of age story from the Congo a real pleasure to read.

French
23 June 2018

Alain Mabanckou