La citation du jour :
" Il m’est bon de me rappeler combien de montagnes j’ai escaladées au cours de ma vie et combien de rivières j’ai enjambées. Je suis prête pour les défis à venir et suis forgée par ce savoir. "
Et pourquoi pas, de tenter la lecture en V.O. ?
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
(Virago, 2007 – coll. International Classic)
In this first volume of her autobiography, Maya Angelou evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American South of the 1930s.
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local "powhitetrash." At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ("I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare") will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
The book chronicles her life from age 3 through age 16, recounting an unsettled and sometimes traumatic childhood that included rape and racism. It became one of the most widely read and taught books written by an African American woman.
Cote : RE ANG ANG (Disponible à la médiathèque Albert-Camus)
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