The Enraged by Valérie Bah

We have each experienced more than the equivalent of a master's degree in eating shit, and this, through the accumulation of certificates in precariousness, in instrumentalization, in temporal domination, completed by an independent study in cognitive diversion. This accreditation must be framed, posted on our walls and then set fire to the building before leaving.

Through this series of uncompromising stories, we see the appearance and reappearance of resolute, damned and triumphant characters whose links we can guess through the fragmented narrative. The writer draws, in a merciless style, the portrait of a sisterhood that social violence, trauma and pretense can hardly shake.

"And yet, here in this writing of Valérie Bah, are the enraged people who so few knew how to die, overflowing with love and pages to fill, sublimating full flesh that makes the accents of their souls quiver." - Stéphane Martelly, preface