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Hadriana in all my dreams, a novel, René Depestre ; translated by Kaiama L. Glover ; with a foreword by Edwidge Danticat

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Hadriana in all my dreams, a novel, René Depestre ; translated by Kaiama L. Glover ; with a foreword by Edwidge Danticat

Language

eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Hadriana in all my dreams

Oclc number

959035009

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René Depestre ; translated by Kaiama L. Glover ; with a foreword by Edwidge Danticat

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Takes place primarily during carnival in 1938 in the Haitian village of Jacmel. A beautiful young French woman, Hadriana, is about to marry a Haitian boy from a prominent family. But on the morning of the wedding, Hadriana drinks a mysterious potion and collapses at the altar. Transformed into a zombie, her wedding becomes her funeral. She is buried by the town, revived by an evil sorcerer, then disappears into popular legend. Set against a backdrop of magic and eroticism, and recounted with delirious humor, the novel raises universal questions about race and sexuality"--Page 4 of cover

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