How to Make Love to a Negro

Literature & Fiction

Dany Laferrière

Contemporary

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Enigma of the Return

MacLehose Press

The story of Dany Laferriere, the narrator and writer living in exile in Montreal, who finally comes home to Haiti. Nothing is different, and yet everything has changed.
 There is his mother, who has never left Haiti, not even for one minute, and who still performs all the rituals of old. But there is also the army of zombies that takes over the streets at night, while the American army occupies the country by day.
 What is this country of dead men? Is every Haitian a secret citizen? Is it possible for Laferriere to cross over to that country and then return?
 Laferriere wanders through Port-au-Prince interrogating old friends and new acquaintances. The tone becomes strident, as do the questions: Do we stay? Do we leave? What's the point? Where can we be ourselves and live like humans at the same time? In the end Laferriere decides to head for Bombardopolis, a village where you only need to eat once every three months -- a way of curing hunger? What will become of him once he gets there, and who will he be when he returns?

Down among the dead men

Douglas&McIntyre

Mwen Damou Pou Vava (French Creole Edition)

Teen & Young Adult

Educa Vision

A wonderful story about a young boy (Vyezo) in Petit-Goâve, Haïti. He plays with all the neighbors but pays special attention to Vava. Vava is oblivious to the attention, and plays and dances with all her friends, which saddens Vyezo. His grandmother takes care of his sickness, but his heart can't be cured easily. The beautiful and colorful illustrations by Frédéric Normandin are connected to the landscape and architecture of Haiti. Mwen Damou pou Vava has been nominated for the IBBY Honour List 2010 by the Haitian Section of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) for the quality of its translation by Lyonel Trouillot. The French version of the book Je suis fou de Vava won the 2007 Governor General of Canada Award.

Mwen damou pou Vava (Softvocer) (Haitian CreoleEdition) (Creole and Haitian Edition)

Children's Books

Educa Vision Inc.

Gout Des Jeunes Filles (Folio) (French Edition)

Gallimard]

L'Exil vaut le voyage

Literary

BOREAL

Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer (Motifs)

Classics

Serpent à plumes

Dans une prose dâ€™une douce sensualitÃ©, Dany LaferriÃ¨re fait revivre le monde grouillant dâ€™humanitÃ© et de chaleur du village de Petit-GoÃ¢ve, en HaÃ¯ti, oÃ¹ il passe son enfance. Lâ€™univers un peu magique du garÃ§on de dix ans est dominÃ© par la figure de sa grand-mÃ¨re, Da, qui aime tant le cafÃ©.

L'Odeur du café (Motifs)

Le Serpent a Plumes

Cette grenade dans la main du jeune nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit ? (Motifs)

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