Massacre River
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Author
Contributions
- Lyonel Trouillot (Introduction) - Contributor
- Edwidge Danticat (Preface) - Contributor
- Linda Coverdale (Translator) - Contributor
Publication
2008-05-26 - New Directions
Language
English
Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100811217256
- ISBN-139780811217255
- LibraryThing943928
- OCLC Control Number247981892
- Better World Books9780811217255
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL11321926M
Description
Haitian poet Philoctete's novel paints a graphic picture of the 1937 slaughter of thousands of Haitians during the reign of the Dominican dictator Generalissimo Trujillo. In chapters that alternate among the voices of Trujillo; Pedro, a young Dominican; and Adele, his Haitian wife, the author slowly builds toward his brutal though foregone conclusion. Even as a young child, Trujillo is focused on reclaiming territory lost to Haiti along the Dominican border. Pedro and Adele are apolitical and so devoted to one another that if one disappeared, "the other would languish and die." As Haitians begin to perceive the "menace of Trujillo," Pedro fears for his wife's safety and despises his inability to help her.
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