In English
Governor General's (French) 2010 · Finalist
The Return
L'énigme du retour
Dany Laferrière · 56 when first published
Novel · 227 pages · Autofiction, Migration, Family
AI-generated summary:Thirty-three years after fleeing Haiti for Montreal, a writer learns in the middle of the night that his father, whom he barely knew, has died in exile in New York, and sets out to bring his spirit back to his native village.