The Enigma of the Return by Dany Laferrière
A novel of exile and return evoking the hardship and the magic of life in Haiti.
This magnificent meditation on loss and political exile looks set to become one of the great poetic statements of homesickness and return. . I have not read such an affecting or humane book in years; it should be read by all exiles everywhere. -- Ian Thomson * Independent *
'This affecting novel investigates a man's relationship with the island he fled in his youth - Haiti - and the land in which he made a name for himself - Quebec. A meditation on loss and exile' Financial Times. * Financial Times *
'Moves fluidly between free verse and prose' Guardian. * Guardian *
'A poetic, melancholic tour de force ... a compelling, intense, stark and poignant exploration of living life as an outsider ... 'the great Haitian novel'' New Internationalist magazine. * New Internationalist magazine *
'In an age of great post-colonial migrations, this is a magnificent book' Grégoire Leménager, Nouvel Observateur. * Nouvel Observateur *
'A richly haunting novel, with prose melting into poetry' Quentin Mills-Fenn, Uptown. * Uptown *
'A tour de force of partial autobiography' GQ magazine. * GQ magazine *
'This affecting novel investigates a man's relationship with the island he fled in his youth - Haiti - and the land in which he made a name for himself - Quebec. A meditation on loss and exile' Financial Times. * Financial Times *
'Moves fluidly between free verse and prose' Guardian. * Guardian *
'A poetic, melancholic tour de force ... a compelling, intense, stark and poignant exploration of living life as an outsider ... 'the great Haitian novel'' New Internationalist magazine. * New Internationalist magazine *
'In an age of great post-colonial migrations, this is a magnificent book' Grégoire Leménager, Nouvel Observateur. * Nouvel Observateur *
'A richly haunting novel, with prose melting into poetry' Quentin Mills-Fenn, Uptown. * Uptown *
'A tour de force of partial autobiography' GQ magazine. * GQ magazine *
Dany Laferrière is a francophone Haitian and Canadian novelist and journalist. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and raised in Petit Goâve, Laferrière worked as a journalist in Haiti before moving to Canada in 1976.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857059536 |
| ISBN 10 | 085705953X |
| Title | The Enigma of the Return |
| Author | Dany Laferrière |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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