Amère Patrie

With his bow, Ousmane Dioum is the best hunter in all the Langue de Barbarie, this peninsula that separates the Atlantic from the Senegalese coastline. But is this enough to protect his sister from the cruel tribal laws of her late husband? Would it not be better to embrace the rifles of the French army?

With his snares, Jean Gadoix is the most skilled poacher in the commune of Roche-Vialard, in the department of the Haute-Loire. But is this enough to save the family farm after their father's accident? Would it not be better if his sister married Auxence, from the école normale?

A few thousand kilometres apart from one another, Ousmane and Jean do not yet know that the course of history will soon carry them along in its tumultuous tide: the century has just entered its fourteenth year. But behind the destiny of these men also stood that of their companions, locked in place by society.

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Amère Patrie n°2

Amère patrie - seconde partie