A sun to be sewn

a novel
Jean D'Amérique ; translated from the French by Thierry Kehou
Book - 2023

"A brutal fable full of poetry, desire, and blood, where the naïveté of a young Haitian girl struggling against impossible odds collides with the unrelenting cruelty of the world. "You will be alone in the great night." That's what Papa has always prophesied to her. Papa, who isn't her real father-he disappeared when she was born. Since then, her mother has been forced to walk the streets to provide for herself and her daughter, while Papa robs and murders for the local gang leader, to ensure his access to ganja and alcohol, but also for the sheer pleasure of it. Often finding herself alone within the four walls of a hovel in a Haitian slum with corrugated iron for a roof, the young girl tirelessly tries to compose a letter that will capture what is in her heart and soul. She is consumed with love for a classmate, the daughter of her teacher, and struggles to find words to faithfully express her feelings and her dreams. In a poetic language that encompasses poverty and idealism, she quietly observes the violence, the shortcomings, and the addictions of the adults around her. Her love and passion make her resilient, nurturing her character and helping her to invent a destiny that enables her to escape the fate to which she seemed doomed"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amérique, Jean d', 1994- (Author)
Other Authors: Kehou, Thierry (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Other Press, 2023.
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