Tales from the Heart : True Stories from my Childhood

Author: Conde, Maryse

Literary essays

Published on 17 April 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Archive' series.

Paperback | 144 pages
110 x 181 x 20 | 88g

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books‘I walked in a daze of illusions toward my future.’Deeply felt and told with an intrepid spirit, Tales from the Heart are the intimate, formative stories from the childhood of the legendary Caribbean writer, Maryse Condé.

These affecting vignettes follow Condé’s early encounters with love, grief, friendship, as she navigates the pernicious legacy of slavery and colonialism in her home of Guadeloupe and as a student in Paris.