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Massacre river
By Philoctète, René & Coverdale, Linda
- ISBN
- 978-0-81121-585-5
- Publisher
- New York : New Directions, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 15, 2005
Dominican Pedro and Haitian Adele are a happy young married couple living in a town on the Dominican border. The time is 1937, and General Trujillo, racist dictator of the Dominican Republic, has just ordered the slaughter of tens of thousands of black Haitians. A follower of Mussolini and Nazism, the Caribbean leader aims to "whiten" future generations by having as many black Haitians beheaded as possible before...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
