Maryse Condé, the last book a spiritual testament - Books - Insights. 'The Gospel of the New World' tells us that "equality between men is a myth" and leads us, through the parable of a modern-day Jesus, into the only true path of salvation: the way of love.
Born in 1937 in Guadeloupe, Condé graduated from the Sorbonne in Paris and lived in several African countries before moving to the United States where she taught at Berkeley, Harvard and Columbia University.