Massacre River by René Philoctète

Massacre River

René Philoctète with Edwidge Danticat (Contributor), Linda Coverdale (Translator)

160 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction historical dark emotional slow-paced

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In 1937 the power-mad racist Generalissimo Trujillo ordered the slaughter of thousands and thousands of Haitians and, as Philoctete puts it, death set up shop everywhere. At the heart of Massacre River is the loving marriage of the Dominican Pedro...

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