A literature professor and novelist who travels to observe Laurence Coly's trial. She is four months pregnant, in a mixed-race relationship, and has a complex bond with her Senegalese immigrant mother. Rama plans a Medea-inspired retelling of the case and grows increasingly anxious about her own life and pregnancy after learning about Coly's social isolation.
Academic observer documenting the trial for journalistic and literary purposes.
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