L'autre face de la mer

by Louis-Philippe Dalembert

De l'autre côté de l'océan, y a-t-il bonheur et liberté, comme on le rêve en Haïti ? Les deux récits de Grannie et de son petit-fils Jonas racontent les destins de Pétion et Diogène, coupeurs de cannes à sucre, ceux de Jonas, David et Freud, qui tentent de se construire un avenir. Une fable amère, et sans doute autobiographique, sur l'impossibilité d'être Haïtien.

222 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Louis-Philippe Dalembert (born December 8, 1962 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is a Haitian poet and novelist. He writes in both French and Haitian creole. His works have been translated into several languages. He now divides his home between Berlin, Paris and Port-au-Prince.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[safa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bang average, learnt a lot about Haitian history and the style was really nice but the first story was so slow....

[Nadia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous

[Jahwobble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful translation!

[Purple Iris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Le récit de Grannie a beaucoup plus de force que le récit de Jonas. Peut être utilisé dans un cours sur la migration. migration vers RD et EU représentées.

Viens de relire pour mon cours. Je l'utilise pour le thème conflit ce semestre, mais beaucoup plus approprié pour la migration. La prochaine fois, l'utiliser avec L'Oeil-Totem.

(2019) I did not use it with L'Oeil-Totem. Maybe next time. I don't love the narrative choices for the second and third parts. They are not different enough from each other. Still a good read, though. And students tend to like it.

[World Literature Today]

This book was featured in the Nota Benes section of the November/December 2015 issue of World Literature Today Magazine.

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