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Hadriana in All My Dreams

René Depestre
Themes:
Family & Community
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Region

Caribbean

Haiti

Era

Contemporary

Language

French

Genre

Fiction

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In a Haitian village in 1938, a French woman is turned into a zombie on her wedding day and escapes through magic. A delirious mix of Vodou, eroticism, and Carnival set in the backdrop of American occupation.

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Prix Renaudot; one of the most joyful and magical works of Haitian literature

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In a Haitian village in 1938, a French woman is turned into a zombie on her wedding day and escapes through magic. A delirious mix of Vodou, eroticism, and Carnival set in the backdrop of American occupation. Prix Renaudot; one of the most joyful and magical works of Haitian literature

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