Binti

, #1

Paperback, 320 pages

Français language

Published by Le livre de poche.

ISBN:
978-2-253-10708-8
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Goodreads:
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4 stars (21 reviews)

Maîtresse harmonisatrice du peuple Himba, Binti est vouée à reprendre la boutique d’astrolabes de son père… Mais l’incroyable don pour les mathématiques de l’adolescente lui ouvre les portes de la prestigieuse université interplanétaire Oomza. Binti embarque sur le Troisième Poisson à l’insu de sa famille. Mais au cours du trajet, les Méduses, ennemies millénaires des humains, abordent le vaisseau pour en massacrer les passagers. Commence alors pour Binti un combat pour sa survie et celle de ceux qui lui sont chers.

Après son roman postapo coup de poing Qui a peur de la mort ?, Nnedi Okorafor revient avec Binti, qui a remporté le prix Hugo et le prix Nebula de la meilleure novella.

Un roman initiatique servi par une magnifique écriture. Un petit bijou ! Coup de cœur des libraires, la Fnac.

Nnedi Okorafor conjugue l’afroféminisme au futur et brosse le portrait d'héroïnes africaines complexes, loin des stéréotypes. Jeune …

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4 stars

Binti needs little introduction and I am late to this trilogy. Binti is the first of her people to go to university and her family are not happy about it. She is Himba, with a gift for mathematics, she paints herself with the clay of her homeland. It grounds her, she is naked without it.

The spaceship taking the new students to Oomba University is attacked on route, by an alien race perpetually at war with the Khoush (representative of white humans). Binti is left alone, sure her lfie is about to end.

Packed into few pages are themes of discrimincation, colonialism, war and the importance of language. Familiar language is a comfort, not understanding someone does not mean they are less civilised. The Meduse have never been able to communicate to humans before, they think they are primitive killers, and vice versa.

I did want it to be longer …

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