October 15, 1793: the eve of Marie-Antoinette's execution. The Reign of Terror has descended upon revolutionary France, and thousands are beheaded daily under the guillotine. Edmond Coffin and Jonathan Gravedigger, two former soldiers now employed in disposing of the dead, are hired to search the Parisian neighborhood of Haarlem for a mysterious mixed-race -leopard boy, - whose nickname derives from his mottled black-and-white skin. Some would like to see the elusive leopard boy dead, while others wish to save him. Why so much interest in this child? He is rumored to be the son of...
October 15, 1793: the eve of Marie-Antoinette's execution. The Reign of Terror has descended upon revolutionary France, and thousands are beheaded ...
October 15, 1793: the eve of Marie-Antoinette's execution. The Reign of Terror has descended upon revolutionary France, and thousands are beheaded daily under the guillotine. Edmond Coffin and Jonathan Gravedigger, two former soldiers now employed in disposing of the dead, are hired to search the Parisian neighborhood of Haarlem for a mysterious mixed-race -leopard boy, - whose nickname derives from his mottled black-and-white skin. Some would like to see the elusive leopard boy dead, while others wish to save him. Why so much interest in this child? He is rumored to be the son of...
October 15, 1793: the eve of Marie-Antoinette's execution. The Reign of Terror has descended upon revolutionary France, and thousands are beheaded ...
Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Conde, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphael Confiant-- Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti's most vital authors, Evelyne Trouillot.
Trouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young emigre who attends to her needs but who harbors a secret--the bitter loss she feels for her mother, a victim of the dictator's atrocities. The story that unfolds...
Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Conde, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphael Confiant-- Memor...
Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Conde, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphael Confiant-- Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti's most vital authors, Evelyne Trouillot.
Trouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young emigre who attends to her needs but who harbors a secret--the bitter loss she feels for her mother, a victim of the dictator's atrocities. The story that unfolds...
Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Conde, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphael Confiant-- Memor...
Inspired by an actual news story from the French headlines, I Die by This Country introduces us to Nacera and Amira. Casting her mind back in the midst of the opening pages' upheaval, Nacera pieces together her fragmentary knowledge of her parents' lives in rural French Algeria and their immigration to Paris in the years following Algeria's war for independence.
Inspired by an actual news story from the French headlines, I Die by This Country introduces us to Nacera and Amira. Casting her mind back in the mids...
Inspired by an actual news story from the French headlines, I Die by This Country introduces us to Nacera and Amira. Casting her mind back in the midst of the opening pages' upheaval, Nacera pieces together her fragmentary knowledge of her parents' lives in rural French Algeria and their immigration to Paris in the years following Algeria's war for independence.
Inspired by an actual news story from the French headlines, I Die by This Country introduces us to Nacera and Amira. Casting her mind back in the mids...
This is no ordinary zombie novel. In the hands of the great Haitian author known simply as Franketienne, zombification takes on a symbolic dimension that stands as a potent commentary on a country haunted by a history of slavery. Now this dynamic new translation brings this touchstone in Haitian literature to English-language readers for the first time.
This is no ordinary zombie novel. In the hands of the great Haitian author known simply as Franketienne, zombification takes on a symbolic dimension t...
This is no ordinary zombie novel. In the hands of the great Haitian author known simply as Franketienne, zombification takes on a symbolic dimension that stands as a potent commentary on a country haunted by a history of slavery. Now this dynamic new translation brings this touchstone in Haitian literature to English-language readers for the first time.
This is no ordinary zombie novel. In the hands of the great Haitian author known simply as Franketienne, zombification takes on a symbolic dimension t...
This new translation brings together two of Algerian author Ma'ssa Bey's important works for the first time in English. Do You Hear in the Mountains... is a compelling piece of autofiction in which three destinies meet dramatically on a train moving through France. The eleven diverse tales that follow exemplify some of Bey's recurring themes.
This new translation brings together two of Algerian author Ma'ssa Bey's important works for the first time in English. Do You Hear in the Mountains.....
This new translation brings together two of Algerian author Ma'ssa Bey's important works for the first time in English. Do You Hear in the Mountains... is a compelling piece of autofiction in which three destinies meet dramatically on a train moving through France. The eleven diverse tales that follow exemplify some of Bey's recurring themes.
This new translation brings together two of Algerian author Ma'ssa Bey's important works for the first time in English. Do You Hear in the Mountains.....
