Christiane Taubira, Guyana is a novel

Portrait of Christiane Taubira, on the occasion of the publication of her novel "Gran Balan", published by Plon.

Credits: Stéphane de Bourgies

By: Jean-François Cadet Follow

2 min

Christiane Taubira, the former Keeper of the Seals, publishes “Grand Balan”, her first novel with Plon editions.

A novel dedicated to youth and Guyana.

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We knew

Christiane Taubira

engaged.

She was elected local, member of the Palais-Bourbon and the European Parliament, candidate for the presidential election, and Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice.

Sometimes, under jeers and even insults, she fought against sexism, for the memory of slavery, and defended marriage for all.

Christiane Taubira is a fighter.

We knew she was in love too.

In love with her native land, Guyana.

Of its natural and cultural richness, which she shares with her readers in her latest book.

An ode to youth, and a call to stand up and fight, to take charge of one's life.

Finally, Christiane Taubira is a woman of letters, in love with language and words.

Those of others that she likes to quote, and her own that she carries with a sharp and lyrical voice on the stands, or that she puts down on paper in essays which are as much an extension of her life and her struggles public.

Christiane Taubira is now a novelist.

She publishes

Grand Balan

, with Plon editions.

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