Ready to Burst / Frankétienne ; translated from the French by Kaiama L. Glover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frankétienne.

Contributor:

Glover, Kaiama L., 1972- translator.

Standardized Title:

Mûr à crever. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historical fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

162 pages ; 17 cm

Edition:

First Archipelago Books edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2014.

Summary:

"Ready to Burst follows the lives of two young men and their individual attempts to make sense of the deeply troubled society surrounding them. An informed critique of the "brain drain" prompted by the Duvalier dictatorship, Ready to Burst is, in Frankétienne's words, a portrait of "the extreme bitterness of doom in the face of the blind machinery of power." Widely recognized as Haiti's most important literary figure and an outspoken challenger of political oppression, Frankétienne was a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009. The New York Times has called Frankétienne "the Father of Haitian Letters."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"First published as Mûr à crever by Ana Editions, 2004."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781935744788

193574478X

1935744798

9781935744795

OCLC:

812258271

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