Dance on the volcano

Marie Chauvet

Translated by Kaiama L. Glover first published 1959 Archipelago Books, 2016 paperback 492 pages

"Dance on the Volcano tells the story of two sisters growing up during the Haitian Revolution in a culture that swings heavily between decadence and poverty, sensuality and depravity. One sister, because of her singing ability, is able to enter into the white colonial society otherwise generally off limits to people of color. Closely examining a society sagging under the white supremacy of the French colonist rulers,...

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Kaiama L. Glover 1 printing we hold · 2016 · Archipelago Books

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La Danse sur le volcan edition · 2021 · ZELLIGE (�DITIONS) · 376 pages · 9782706817816
Dance on the volcano paperback · 2016 · Archipelago Books · 492 pages · 9780914671572

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