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Vortex Family, The - Couverture rigide

Metellus, Jean

 
9780720609486: Vortex Family, The
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0720609488 ISBN 13 : 9780720609486
Editeur : Peter Owen, 1995

Synopsis

The Vortex Family is a richly poetic novel, set in Haiti in 1949, by one of Haiti's leading contemporary writers. Solon and Olga gather their middle-class family together for Christmas. The Vortex children reflect Haiti's tural richness: they are cheerful, violent, cynical and generous. Edgard is assistant to Estime, the popular, reform-minded president who embodies the hopes of ordinary Haitians. Joseph is a respected priest; Louis, a university lecturer; and Sylvain, a doctor. Louis's wife Myriam is about to give birth: a new beginning is promised for the family and for Haiti itself. But the festivities are haunted by the absence of the mysterious Astrid, exiled for political reasons.... The family's destiny becomes allied with that of the country as the brothers are drawn, one by one, into the political drama that leads to a coup d'etat.

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Éditeur
Peter Owen
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0720609488
ISBN 13 
9780720609486
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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