Caraf books i am alive
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Presents celebrated Haitian author Kettly Mars’s latest novel, telling the story of a bourgeois Caribbean family as it wrestles with issues of mental illness, unconventional sexuality, and the difficulty of returning home and rediscovery following the devastating 2010 earthquake.
I Am Alive (Je suis vivant) is celebrated Haitian author Kettly Mars’s latest novel, telling the story of a bourgeois Caribbean family as it wrestles with issues of mental illness, unconventional sexuality, and the difficulty of returning home and rediscovery following the devastating 2010 earthquake. Mars, herself a survivor of the disaster, has crafted a complex, at times disorienting, but ultimately enthralling and powerfully evocative work of literature that adds to her reputation as one of the leading voices of the francophone world.
When the mental health facility where he has been living for decades is severely damaged, Alexandre Bernier must return home to Fleur-de-Chêne. His sister Marylène has also come home, leaving behind a flourishing career as a painter in Brussels, and begins to explore her sexuality with her artist’s model Norah, who poses for her in secret. These homecomings are both a lift and a burden to the family matriarch, Éliane, a steadfast and resourceful widow. Over the course of the novel, past and present blend together as each character has an opportunity to narrate the story from their own perspective. In the end, it is the resilience of the Haitian people that allows them to navigate the seismic shifts in their family and in the land.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 30 september 2022
Aantal pagina's: 150
Hoofdauteur: Kettly Mars
Hoofduitgeverij: University Of Virginia Press
Eerste Vertaler: Nathan H. Dize
Product breedte: 140 mm
Product lengte: 216 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 134 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 11 mm
Verpakking lengte: 213 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 261 g
EAN: 9780813948331