Moonbath by Yanick Lahens

Moonbath

Yanick Lahens with Emily Gogolak (Translator)

216 pages first pub 2017 (view editions)

fiction literary magical realism politics challenging dark emotional slow-paced
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Moonbath beckons the reader who longs to inhabit a single Haitian village so intimately that ancestral lullabies, market gossip, and the smell of wet earth after rain become as immediate as their own heartbeat, while the slow accretion of four generations’ voices reveals how private myths and public catastrophes braid together inextricably over time.

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Winner of the 2014 Prix F mina & 2015 French Voices AwardAfter she is found washed up on shore, Cétoute Olmène Thérèse, bloody and bruised, recalls the circumstances that led her there. Her voice weaves hauntingly in and out of the narrative, ...

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Community Reviews

3.24
based on 90 reviews

Moods

dark: 74%

challenging: 59%

mysterious: 44%

reflective: 44%

emotional: 33%

sad: 22%

tense: 18%

informative: 14%

adventurous: 3%


Pace

29% of readers chose medium
70% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

18% of readers chose Plot
43% of readers chose A mix
31% of readers chose Character
6% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

13% of readers chose Yes
26% of readers chose Complicated
40% of readers chose No
20% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

6% of readers chose Yes
43% of readers chose Complicated
43% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

53% of readers chose Yes
26% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

33% of readers chose Yes
40% of readers chose Complicated
26% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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