The Kingdom of This World
By Alejo CarpentierA few years after its liberation from French colonialist rule, Haiti experienced a period of unsurpassed brutality, horror, and superstition under the reign of the black King Henri-Christophe. Through the eyes of the ancient slave Ti-Noël, The Kingdom of This World records the destruction of the black regime--built on the same corruption and contempt for human life that brought down the French--in an orgy of voodoo, racial hatred, erotomania, and fantastic grandeurs of false elegance.
Book details
- Paperback
- 186 pages
- English
- 0374521972
- 9780374521974
About Alejo Carpentier
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