by René Depestre · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070382729
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«Hadriana dans tous mes rêves» is the novel by René Depestre, published in 1990 by Folio in paperback format (224 pages, in French).
At the Jacmel carnival (1938), the narrator's godmother's agony coincides with the wedding of Hadriana Siloé, who dies before the altar. Hadriana is reborn as a zombie, and her story traces a portrait of Haiti where voodoo, music, sensuality, and humor fuse death with celebration.
It belongs to the Folio collection, number 2182.
This novel is aimed at readers of literary fiction interested in the Caribbean and the marvelous real.
René Depestre is a Haitian-French poet and former communist activist. He is considered to be one of the most prominent figures in Haitian literature. He lived in Cuba as an exile from the Duvalier regime for many years and was a founder of the Casa de las Américas publishing house. He is best known for his poetry.
