The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Some worming to edges, otherwise a handsome copy retaining the illustrated dust jacket. Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Calixthe Beyala: "A Violaine qui va vers l'autre, l'amour aux doigts, ces mots d'une femme du 9-3 à une autre, avec tendresse." (To Violaine who goes toward the other, with love in her fingers, these words from one woman of the 9-3 to another, with tenderness.)