- Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025 · Shortlist · for the translation by M. A. Salvodon
Désirée Congo
Désirée Congo
Évelyne Trouillot (born 1954)
Translated by M. A. Salvodon
English editions
In EnglishDésirée Congo
University of Virginia Press · United States · 23 October 2024 · Paperback · 184 pages
Désirée Congo
University of Virginia Press · United States · 23 October 2024 · Hardcover · 184 pages
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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.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 233 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, War (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Haiti
- First published
- 2020 by Éditions du CIDIHCA
- Author's age
- 66 when first published
- ISBN
9782491035105 (original)
9780813952116 (University of Virginia Press, United States)
9780813952123 (University of Virginia Press, United States)