The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier

The Kingdom of This World

Alejo Carpentier with Pablo Medina (Translator)

136 pages first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics historical magical realism hopeful informative reflective slow-paced
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A masterful new translation of a haunting novel of nineteenth-century HaitiA few years after its liberation from harsh French colonial rule in 1803, Haiti endured a period of great brutality under the reign of King Henri Christophe, who was born a...

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