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Starred Review on April 1, 2017 | Spring Fiction in Translation
Originally published in 1988 and written by one of Haiti's seminal authors, still with us at age 90, this vibrant, erotically charged work shows how humans counter fear—particularly the fear of death—in varied more or less magical ways, even as it paints a fresh and enticing picture of Haitian culture. In the 1930s, teenage Balthazar Granchiré has been turned into an ugly butterfly by his adoptive fath...Log In or Sign Up to Read More