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The Other Side of the Sea /

"The Other Side of the Sea, the first novel by this major Haitian author to be translated into English, is riveted on the other shore--whether it is the ancestral Africa that still haunts Haitians, the America to which so many have emigrated, or even that final shore, the uncertain afterlife aw...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dalembert, Louis-Philippe (Autor)
Otros Autores: McCormick, Robert H., 1944- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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