Massacre River
written by Rene Philoctete, introduction by Edwidge Danticat

By the acclaimed Haitian poet and scholar Rene Philoctete, the novel "Massacre River" is "a tour de force by an extraordinary writer" (Edwidge Danticat).

Nestled along a border, Haitians and Dominicans have lived as one people for generations. But in 1937, when Generalissimo Trujillo--"the Lord of demented death"--orders the slaughter of all "Haitian devils," a monstrous raptor appears in the sky over the little Dominican town of Elias Pina, brooding a nightmare. Desperate to save Adele, the Haitian wife he cherishes, the Dominican Pedro Brito sets out into the dawn--and so begins "Massacre River," a tale unlike any other, where machetes can fly, severed heads demand justice, towns are flooded by "the foaming filth of genocides," the wind thinks it's a radio, and a word can literally cut throats. At the heart of this kaleidoscopic drama is the loving and sensual bond between Pedro and Adele, tenderly evoked in language of astonishing inventiveness by a narrative voice that can turn on a dime, careening through young romance, heartbreak, skin-crawling evil, and Looney Tunes madness to a tumultuous, breathtaking finale worthy of Hieronymus Bosch.

ZC7256    Massacre River                                        $13.95

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