Dezafi : a novel /
"A translation from the Haitian Kreyol of the first major novel in Haiti's national vernacular. Written in an unconventional style with a number of voices and a combination of myth, poetry, allegory, magical realism, and social realism, Franketienne's Dezafi tells the tale of a planta...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2018.
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| Series: | CARAF books.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | "A translation from the Haitian Kreyol of the first major novel in Haiti's national vernacular. Written in an unconventional style with a number of voices and a combination of myth, poetry, allegory, magical realism, and social realism, Franketienne's Dezafi tells the tale of a plantation that is run and worked by zombies for the financial benefit of the living owner. With the walking dead and bloody cockfights ('dezafi') as cultural metaphors for Haitian existence, Dezafi is ultimately an allegory of political and social liberation"-- |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in Kreyol by Editions Fardin, Port-au-Prince, Haiti." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xlii, 200 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780813941400 0813941407 |