Vehi-Ciosane, ou, Blanche-Genèse: Suivi du Mandat

by Ousmane Sembène

Blurb

The money-order with White genesis is a book containing two novellas by Senegalese author Ousmane Sembène, first published in French in 1966. An English-language translation was published in 1972. It tells two stories. In White Genesis, a mother struggles with conflict after her teenage daughter's pregnancy becomes apparent. In The Money-order, a man receives a money-order from a relative living in Paris.
The book was adapted by the author into a movie, Mandabi, in 1968.

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