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- catalog abstract "Under the Bone is a harrowing, evocative tale of political intrigue and violence in post-Duvalier Haiti. Against the backdrop of electoral tensions, the novel opens with the discovery of a corpse, outside Port-au-Prince, by Elysse Voltaire, a young Haitian woman who is later framed for murder. Her plight, and that of Ti Cedric, a missing peasant activist, become the focus of an investigation by Leslie Doyle, an American human-rights worker, aided by a circle of Haitian. Advocates. Leslie's journey leads her from the houses ransacked by the Tontons Macoutes - Haiti's death squads - to killing fields, hospitals, prisons, and, finally to the truth. At once a mystery and a chronicle of hope and despair in the world's first black republic, Under the Bone weaves a range of narrative to present a vivid, compelling picture of life in contemporary Haiti. Lyrical, haunting, and streaked with black humor, under the Bone marks the debut of a gifted. Young novelist and an astute observer of the human condition.".
- catalog contributor b5670983.
- catalog coverage "Haiti Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "Haiti Politics and government Fiction.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Advocates. Leslie's journey leads her from the houses ransacked by the Tontons Macoutes - Haiti's death squads - to killing fields, hospitals, prisons, and, finally to the truth. At once a mystery and a chronicle of hope and despair in the world's first black republic, Under the Bone weaves a range of narrative to present a vivid, compelling picture of life in contemporary Haiti. Lyrical, haunting, and streaked with black humor, under the Bone marks the debut of a gifted.".
- catalog description "Under the Bone is a harrowing, evocative tale of political intrigue and violence in post-Duvalier Haiti. Against the backdrop of electoral tensions, the novel opens with the discovery of a corpse, outside Port-au-Prince, by Elysse Voltaire, a young Haitian woman who is later framed for murder. Her plight, and that of Ti Cedric, a missing peasant activist, become the focus of an investigation by Leslie Doyle, an American human-rights worker, aided by a circle of Haitian.".
- catalog description "Young novelist and an astute observer of the human condition.".
- catalog extent "371 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0374280665 :".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux,".
- catalog spatial "Haiti Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Haiti Politics and government Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Haiti".
- catalog subject "813/.54 20".
- catalog subject "PS3554.A243 U53 1994".
- catalog subject "Young women Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Young women Haiti Fiction.".
- catalog title "Under the bone / Anne-Christine d'Adesky.".
- catalog type "Allegories. gsafd".
- catalog type "Political fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "Political fiction.".
- catalog type "text".