Philippe Fernand Balla
Cauchemardesque describes the psychological adventure of a person who dreams of being dead. The plot of the novel is then woven around the subsequent 'panoramic vision'. The latter, in fact, offers the author the opportunity to depict the comicality of ordinary people in a Cameroonian town, in their everyday life. Here and there, scenes of violence remind us of the tragedy of life. The intervention of the unflappable Meta, well aware of her role as wife-mother ascribed to her by the 'Beti' tradition, puts an end to this nightmare. For the author, 'laughter is a specifically human reaction that is waning. One of the roles of literature is to resurrect laughter.
