A review by faintgirl
The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier

2.0

Okay, I admit it. I had pretty much no idea what was happening in this book from the start to finish. It was in Haiti. The French had left the country to figure itself out. And apart from that, well, I'm lost. I know I use the term "fever dream" a lot when it comes to literature from this region (the Caribbean/Central America) but this one is probably the best exemplar of the term so far. Skittish and disorientating, full of death and disease, it's quite a nightmare. Even on reflection, I can't really make any sense of it.