Hadriana in all my dreams : a novel / René Depestre ; translated by Kaiama L. Glover ; with a foreword by Edwidge Danticat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Depestre, René, author.

Contributor:

Glover, Kaiama L., 1972- translator.

Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- writer of foreword.

Class of 1953 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Hadriana dans tous mes rêves. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Vodou--Fiction.

Vodou.

Zombies--Fiction.

Zombies.

Carnival.

Haiti.

Carnival--Haiti--Fiction.

Jacmel (Haiti)--Fiction.

Jacmel (Haiti).

Haitian fiction.

Magic realism (Literature).

Haiti--Jacmel.

Genre:

Fiction.

Magic realist fiction.

Romance fiction.

Love stories.

Translations.

Physical Description:

256 pages : map ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2017]

Summary:

"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. Set against a backdrop of magic and eroticism, and recounted with delirious humor, the novel raises universal questions about race and sexuality"--Page 4 of cover.

Notes:

Originally published in French as Hadriana dans tous mes rêves (Paris France : Editions Gallimard, ©1988).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9781617755330

1617755338

OCLC:

959035009