Bug-Jargal
Contributors: Chris Bongie (Editor, Translator)
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: July 26, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781551114460
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; Literature: Texts; History; Fiction - General; Literature: Classics; General; Fiction / Literary; Fiction; Classics; Haiti; Revolution, 1791-1804
Description: "Set in 1791, during the first months of a slave revolt that would eventually lead to the creation of the black republic of Haiti in 1804, Bug-Jargal is a tale of interracial friendship and rivalry, an account of the ties that bind a young Frenchman to one of the rebel leaders and the tragic misunderstandings that threaten to sever those ties completely." "This Broadview edition contains a critical introduction and a broad selection of appendices, including Hugo's never-before-translated 1820 short story "Bug-Jargal," contemporary reviews of the novel, documents pertaining to the young Hugo's poetics and politics, and selections from his source materials about the Haitian Revolution."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Broadview Editions