Ben Fountain is the author of a short story collection, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, and a novel, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.At the Guardian, Fountain named his top ten books about Haiti. One title on the list:
Hadriana of All My Dreams by René DepestreRead about another book on the list.
A delirious, brilliant novel by the Haitian-born Depestre, who should be on every shortlist for the Nobel prize in literature. The story of young,precociously horny Patrick's love for the beautiful Hadriana is a blast of high-octane language, headlong storytelling, and weirdly plausible implausibility. Alas, poor Patrick's chance at love is thwarted by Hadriana's untimely death. Or is it? Depestre's narrative unfolds like an MC Escher-designed hall of mirrors.
Also see: Amy Wilentz's ten best books on Haiti.
--Marshal Zeringue
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