| Edition |
First US edition. |
| Description |
169 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"Yanick Lahens leads us into a breathless intrigue with her newest portrait of Haiti, Sweet Undoings. In Port-au-Prince, violence never consumes. It finds its counterpart in a "high-pitched sweetness," a sweetness that overwhelms Francis, a French journalist, one evening at the Korosol Resto-Bar, when the broken and deep voice of lounge singer Brune rises from the microphone. Brune's father, Judge Berthier, was assassinated, guilty of maintaining integrity in a city where everything is bought. Six months after this disappearance, Brune wholly refuses to come to terms with what has happened. Her uncle Pierre, a gay man who spent his youth abroad to avoid persecution, refuses to give up on solving this still-unpunished crime as well. Nourishing its power from the bowels of the city, Sweet Undoings moves with a rapid, electric syncopation, gradually and tenderly revealing the intimacy of the lives within"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Language |
Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General.
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Haiti -- Port-au-Prince.
(OCoLC)fst01205704
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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Novels.
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| Added Author |
Glover, Kaiama L., 1972- translator.
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| Added Title |
Douces déroutes. English
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| ISBN |
9781646052158 (paperback) |
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1646052153 (paperback) |
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