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Hadriana dans tous mes rêves

by René Depestre · 1988

Magical Realism · ranked #5 in category

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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 o

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Category
Magical Realism
First published
1988 · 1980s
Author
René Depestre
Standing
Recommended

About Magical Realism

Magical realism treats the extraordinary as ordinary — in these novels, the miraculous and the mundane share a page without comment. Born in Latin America, the mode now belongs to world literature.

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