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Anthony Phelps

Born 1928 · Haiti

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    Governor General's (French) 2007 · Finalist

    La contrainte de l'inachevé

    Title translated by AI:“The Constraint of the Unfinished”

    Anthony Phelps · 78 when first published

    Novel · 204 pages · Migration, Politics

    AI-generated summary:After a quarter of a century in exile, a Haitian sculptor and writer returns to his native country, still suffering from the Duvalier dictatorship, and comes to see that the Haiti he carried existed only in his mind.