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Three Strong Women

Marie NDiaye · 2009 CE · Novel · French · Contemporary

Three linked stories move between France and Senegal, following a lawyer visiting her domineering father, a man undone by his wife, and a widow attempting the crossing to Europe. It won the Prix Goncourt in 2009.

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Attributes

Genre
Psychological
Theme
Isolation & AlienationExile & HomecomingClass & InequalitySurvivalIdentity & Self
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
Heroine
Form
Dual World
Symbol / motif
The Journey
Conflict
vs Personvs Society
Mode / tone
Realist
Culture / tradition
French

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