Hadriana in all my dreams : a novel
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Author
Depestre, René,
Contributors
Glover, Kaiama L., 1972- translator.
Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- writer of foreword.
Published
Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
256 pages : map ; 18 cm
Status
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Published
Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, [2017].
Language
English

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Originally published in French as Hadriana dans tous mes rêves (Paris France : Editions Gallimard, ©1988).
Description
"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.
Language
In English, translated from the Haitian.

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LC Subjects
Carnival -- Haiti -- Fiction.
Jacmel (Haiti) -- Fiction.
Magic realist fiction.
Vodou -- Fiction.
Zombies -- Fiction.
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Love stories.
Zombies -- Fiction.