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Désirée Congo
Désirée Congo
Évelyne Trouillot · 66 when first published
Novel · 184 pages · Historical, War
Translated by M. A. Salvodon
AI-generated summary:In the French colony of Saint-Domingue, shortly before the final battle with the troops Napoleon sent to the island, a dreamy and unpredictable young woman and the people around her live through the upheaval that will end in Haiti's independence.