General Sun, my brother / Jacques Stephen Alexis ; translated and with an introduction by Carrol F. Coates.

By:

Alexis, Jacques Stephen, 1922-1961

Contributor(s):

Coates, Carrol F, 1930-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: CARAF booksPublication details: Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1999.Description: xlviii 299 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:

0813918898 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813918891 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813918901 (paper : alk. paper)
9780813918907 (paper : alk. paper)

Uniform titles:

Compere General Soleil. English

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Political fiction.

DDC classification:

LOC classification:

110 PQ 3949 A384g 1999

Summary: A novel on the exploitation of the poor in the Caribbean. The hero is a Haitian peasant who becomes politicized while in jail. Forced to work as a sugar-cane cutter in the Dominican Republic, he participates in a strike which ends in a massacre.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	110 PQ 3949 A384g 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Available	00000041887

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxix]-xliii).

A novel on the exploitation of the poor in the Caribbean. The hero is a Haitian peasant who becomes politicized while in jail. Forced to work as a sugar-cane cutter in the Dominican Republic, he participates in a strike which ends in a massacre.

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