The rule of Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier in two novels by Roger Dorsinville
Subtitle: realism and magic realism in Haiti
By: edited and translated by Max Dorsinville.
Contributors: Dorsinville, Max, 1943-; Dorsinville, Roger.
Series: Caribbean studies ;; v. 6; Caribbean studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;; v. 6.
Publisher: E. Mellen Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lewiston [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Dorsinville, Roger -- Translations into English.; Duvalier, François, 1907-1971 -- Fiction.; Dorsinville, Roger -- Criticism and interpretation.; Duvalier, François, 1907-1971 -- In literature.; Haiti -- Fiction.; Haiti -- In literature.
Genres: Translations into English.; Fiction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-311) and index.
The mad king -- The creator and the mad king -- Appendices: Excerpts from Jean Jonassaint's interview with Roger Dorsinville -- Excerpts from Roger Dorsinville's conversations with Jean Coradin -- The impossible say of the men of good will / article by Lyonel Trouillot -- Violence and women in the Haitian novel / article by Max Dorsinville -- Mysticism in Duvalier's discourse / article by Karl Lévêque.