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Hadriana dans tous mes rêves

by René Depestre

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"Takes place primarily during carnival in 1938 in the Haitian village of Jacmel. A beautiful young French woman, Hadriana, is about to marry a Haitian boy from a prominent family. But on the morning of the wedding, Hadriana drinks a mysterious potion and collapses at the altar. Transformed into a zombie, her wedding becomes her funeral. She is buried by the town, revived by an evil sorcerer, then disappears into popular legend. Set against a backdrop of magic and eroticism, and recounted with delirious humor, the novel raises universal questions about race and sexuality"--Page 4 of cover.

VoodooHistorical fictionFictionLanguage readersGeneralFiction - GeneralFiction, generalVodouZombiesCarnivalFiction, occult & supernaturalFiction, fantasy, general