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The other side of the sea / Louis-Philippe Dalembert ; translated by Robert H. McCormick Jr. ; foreword by Edwidge Danticat.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dalembert, Louis-Philippe, author.
- Series:
- CARAF books.
- Caribbean and African literature translated from French
- Standardized Title:
- Autre Face de la mer. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Haiti--Fiction.
- Haiti.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Other Side of the Sea, the first novel by this major Haitian author to be translated into English, is riveted on the other shore--whether it is the ancestral Africa that still haunts Haitians, the America to which so many have emigrated, or even that final shore, the uncertain afterlife awaiting us all. With a grandmother and her grandson sharing the narration, this rich and concise tale covers an impressive span of Haitian history and emotion. Too old to leave her veranda, Noubòt reflects on her past, touching on the 1937 Parsley Massacre, in which thousands of Haitians died at the hands of Dominican soldiers, and laments the exodus of so many young people from Haiti, although, ironically, she dreamed of making the trip herself (her name means New Boat in Creole). Her story is juxtaposed with that of her grandson, Jonas, as he suffers the abandonment of friends--including his lover--who emigrated during the Duvalier dictatorships, even feeling an urge to join them. Perhaps most striking is the addition of a third voice--that of an anonymous passenger in steerage recounting a slave ship's progress to the New World from Africa. This voice from long ago provides a powerful depiction of the sights, sounds, and smells of the Middle Passage and a fascinating counterpoint to the evocations of modern Haiti. CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French
- Contents:
- Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 136
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813936482
- 0813936489
- OCLC:
- 945483643
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