Drifting
By: Katia D. Ulysse
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781617752407; 9781617752797
Subjects: Roman; Amerikanisches Englisch; Teachers; Haitian Americans; Married people; Child molesters; Fiction
Description: The interwoven narrative spans four decades--from 1970 through 2010--and drifts among various provinces in Haiti, the United States, churches, vodun temples, schools, strip clubs, and the grave. Ulysse introduces us to a childless Haitian American couple risking it all for a baby to call their own; a Florida-based predatory schoolteacher threatening students with deportation if they expose him; and the unforgettable Monsieur Boursicault, whose chain of funeral parlors makes him the wealthiest man in Haiti.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. The least of these. The least of these ; Bereavement party; title: pt. II. Flora. The hunters ; Strange fruit ; Flora Desormeau ; A new life ; Proof ; Karine and Marjorie; title: pt. III. Yseult. Yseult Joseph ; The price of beauty ; The Mulâtresse and the men on the moon ; Our Lady of High Grace ; The disappearance of Yvela Germain ; Drifitng ; Waiting; title: pt. IV. Sagesse. Pilgrimage ; Bouzen ; Sagesse; title: pt. V. Casseus. Paper boats ; Heritage ; Raymond Casseus ; Madan Casseus.