{"product_id":"hadriana-in-all-my-dreams-paperback-by-rene-depestre-edwidge-danticat","title":"Hadriana in All My Dreams Paperback by René Depestre; Edwidge Danticat","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2017-05-09)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e160\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781617755330\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e198.45\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e17.65 x 12.7 x 1.78\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLegendary Haitian author Depestre combines magic, fantasy, eroticism, and delirious humor to explore universal questions of race and sexuality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One-of-a-kind . . . [A] ribald, free-wheeling magical-realist novel, first published in 1988 and newly, engagingly translated by Glover . . . An icon of Haitian literature serves up a hotblooded, rib-ticking, warmhearted mélange of ghost story, cultural inquiry, folk art, and véritable l’amour.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An exceptional novel . . . Depestre’s masterpiece and one of the greatest examples of Haitian literature.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHadriana in All My Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the prestigious Prix Renaudot, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet against a backdrop of magic and eroticism, and recounted with delirious humor, the novel raises universal questions about race and sexuality. The reader comes away enchanted by the marvelous reality of Haiti’s Vodou culture and convinced of Depestre’s lusty claim that all beings—even the undead ones—have a right to happiness and true love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRené Depestre\u003c\/b\u003e, born in 1926, is one of the most important voices of Haitian literature. A peer of seminal figures like Aimé Césaire, Pablo Neruda, and André Breton, Depestre has engaged with the politics\/aesthetics of negritude, social realism, and surrealism for more than half a century. Having lived through significant moments in Haitian and New World history—from the overthrow of Haitian dictator Élie Lescot in 1946, to the first Congress of Black Writers and Artists in Paris in 1956, to a struggle with Haiti’s François “Papa Doc” Duvalier in 1957, to a collaboration with Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara and a fraught relationship with Fidel Castro in the 1960s and ’70s—Depestre is uniquely positioned to reflect on the extent to which the Americas and Europe are implicated in Haiti’s past and present. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHadriana in All My Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDWIDGE DANTICAT\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eHaiti Noir, Haiti Noir 2: The Classics\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eBreath\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEyes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMemory\u003c\/i\u003e (an Oprah’s Book Club selection), \u003ci\u003eKrik?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eKrak!\u003c\/i\u003e (a National Book Award finalist),\u003ci\u003e The Farming of Bones\u003c\/i\u003e (an American Book Award winner), and the novel-in-stories \u003ci\u003eThe Dew Breaker.\u003c\/i\u003e She has also written several young adult novels, children's picture books, and a travel narrative, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel\u003c\/i\u003e. Her memoir,\u003ci\u003e Brother, I’m Dying\u003c\/i\u003e, was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2007 winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. She is a 2009 recipient of the John D. and Catherine T. 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She is the author of \u003ci\u003eHaiti Unbound: A Spiralist Challenge to the Postcolonial Canon,\u003c\/i\u003e coeditor of Yale French Studies' \u003ci\u003eRevisiting Marie Vieux-Chauvet: Paradoxes of Postcolonial Feminine\u003c\/i\u003e (issue no. 128), and translator of René Depestre's \u003ci\u003eHadriana in All My Dreams,\u003c\/i\u003e Frenkétienne's \u003ci\u003eReady to Burst, \u003c\/i\u003eand Marie Vieux-Chauvet's \u003ci\u003eDance on the Volcano.\u003c\/i\u003e She has received awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and the Fulbright Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556167340193,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781617755330","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781617755330.jpg?v=1781807211","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/hadriana-in-all-my-dreams-paperback-by-rene-depestre-edwidge-danticat","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}