Masters of the Dew
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Manuel returns to a drought-stricken Haitian village and tries to unite its divided inhabitants.
Original title: Gouverneurs de la rosée
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Haiti
Roumain and Alexis write about labour, land, solidarity and social violence. Vieux-Chauvet shows dictatorship reshaping daily life and hierarchies of race and class. Depestre introduces Carnival in Jacmel and Vodou imagination. Danticat, writing in English in the diaspora, connects women’s memories with migration and the 1937 massacre.
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- Masters of the DewJacques Roumain
- Hadriana in All My DreamsRené Depestre
- Love, Anger, MadnessMarie Vieux-Chauvet
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Hadriana in All My Dreams
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A bride’s death during Carnival in Jacmel sets in motion a tale of zombification, desire and memory.
Original title: Hadriana dans tous mes rêves
Love, Anger, Madness
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Three novellas examine racial and class hierarchies and the terror of Haitian dictatorship.
Original title: Amour, colère et folie
Breath, Eyes, Memory
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Sophie moves from Haiti to New York and confronts a family trauma passed between generations of women.
The Farming of Bones
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A Haitian servant survives the 1937 massacre of her compatriots in the Dominican Republic.
General Sun, My Brother
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Impoverished Hilarion meets a political activist in prison, and his life reveals Haitian workers’ exploitation and resistance.
Original title: Compère Général Soleil
The Dew Breaker
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Claire of the Sea Light
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A fisherman’s daughter disappears, bringing a Haitian seaside community’s stories to the surface.
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