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Description
CONCHON (Georges).
L’État sauvage. Novel.
Paris: Albin Michel, [1964]. — In-8, 198 x 128: 267 pp., (2 ff.), printed cover. Blue half-maroquin with corners, decorated raised spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (R. and R. Mativet).
First edition of this novel, which won the Prix Goncourt in the year of its publication.
In this novel, the novelist and journalist Georges Conchon (1925–1990) explores forbidden love, racism and postcolonial violence. He tells the story of Avit, a young French civil servant sent on a mission to a newly independent African capital. There he discovers that his ex-wife, Laurence, is now living with Patrice Doumbé, a Black minister in the new government. The entire city, both Black and White, turns against this interracial couple, whose love defies racial prejudice.
One of 17 copies printed on ‘Velin du Marais’ paper (no. 8), the only edition printed on large-format paper.
A fine copy bound by René and Roger Mativet.
Spine slightly faded.
See original version (French)
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Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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