Included in 10 Best New Books to Read This May, Chicago Review of Books.
Originally published in 1988 and written by one of Haiti\'s seminal authors, still with us at age 90, this vibrant, erotically charged work shows how humans counter fear--particularly the fear of death--in varied more or less magical ways, even as it paints a fresh and enticing picture of Haitian culture.
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A beautiful young French woman, Hadriana, is about to marry a Haitian boy from a prominent family.
Hadriana in All My Dreams, winner of the prestigious Prix Renaudot, takes place primarily during Carnival in 1938 in the Haitian village of Jacmel.
Glover.
Translated from the French by Kaiama L. --Shelf Awareness for Readers, Starred ReviewWith a foreword by Edwidge Danticat. --Publishers WeeklyFor the first time, this slim and beguiling novel about the mysterious death and possible zombification of a young woman on her wedding day has been translated into English...
With its lyrical commentary on the origins of myth, this mesmeric and frequently erotic work transcends its focus on a young woman to address the complexities of race, class and religion.
Depestre\'s intimacy with his subject matter and his familiarity with the people he portrays--the story is set in his hometown, at the time when he was 12 years old--give readers an insider\'s look at Jacmelian culture.
Eroticism and humor course through his narrative. .
The truth of Hadriana\'s fate proves more poignant than horrifying, but in Depestre\'s hands, this incident is a touchstone of a culture in which distinctions between the empirical and spiritual are obscured, and whose traditional celebrations and beliefs introduce an element of the mythic into the everyday. . --Kirkus Reviews, Starred review The sights and sounds of Haiti\'s vibrant carnival season invigorate this tale of vodou and Haitian culture. .
An icon of Haitian literature serves up a hotblooded, rib-ticking, warmhearted m lange of ghost story, cultural inquiry, folk art, and v ritable l\'amour. .
A] ribald, free-wheeling magical-realist novel, first published in 1988 and newly, engagingly translated by Glover. --Booklist, Starred review One-of-a-kind... --Library Journal, Starred review Depestre presents a rich and nuanced exploration of large and significant themes expertly couched in one fantastical, expertly translated tale. .
Luscious and affirmative reading, this is work both the serious-minded and the lighthearted can enjoy. .
Included in 10 Best New Books to Read This May, Chicago Review of Books.
Originally published in 1988 and written by one of Haiti\'s seminal authors, still with us at age 90, this vibrant, erotically charged work shows how humans counter fear--particularly the fear of death--in varied more or less magical ways, even as it paints a fresh and enticing picture of Haitian culture
