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Sweet Undoings (Paperback)
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Sweet Undoings (Paperback)
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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 Korosòl 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. Alongside Brune and
Pierre, Francis becomes acquainted with myriad other voices of
Port-au-Prince: Ezekiel, the poet desperate to escape his miserable
neighborhood; Nerline, women's rights activist; Waner, diligent
pacifist; and Ronny the American, at home in Haiti as in a second
homeland. 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.
General
Imprint: |
Deep Vellum Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
Authors: |
Yanick Lahens
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Translators: |
Kaiama L. Glover
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Dimensions: |
215 x 139mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
228 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-64605-215-8 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-64605-215-3 |
Barcode: |
9781646052158 |
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