The Kingdom of this World by Alejo Carpentier

The Kingdom of this World

Alejo Carpentier with Harriet de Onís (Translator)

150 pages first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction historical magical realism hopeful informative reflective slow-paced
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A few years after its liberation from French colonialist rule, Haiti experienced a period of unsurpassed brutality, horror, and superstition under the reign of the black King Henri-Christophe. Through the eyes of the ancient slave Ti-Noel, The Kin...

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