Dany Laferrire: Essays on His Works Volume 220 by Bissette, Lee Skallerup

Dany Laferrire: Essays on His Works Volume 220 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781550717419)

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Dany Laferrire: Essays on His Works Volume 220 by Bissette, Lee Skallerup

Dany Laferrire: Essays on His Works Volume 220

$20.00
Dany Laferrire: Essays on His Works Volume 220 by Bissette, Lee Skallerup

Dany Laferrire: Essays on His Works Volume 220

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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This collection of essays looks at the body of work of Quebec writer Dany Laferrière, including his notorious first novel, Comment faire l'amour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer, through a variety of critical and analytic lenses. Issues such as identity, privilege, memory, exile and return are examined in relation to his writing. Among the contributors are: Ng'ang'a wa Muchiri, Gabrielle Parker, Lucy Brisley, Lynn Penrod, Amy J. Ransom, and Lee Skallerup Bessette.



Author: Lee Skallerup Bissette
ISBN-10: 1550717413
ISBN-13: 9781550717419
Publisher: Guernica Editions
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2013
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.08w x 0.44d
By Lee Skallerup Bissette
By Lee Skallerup Bissette
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Born in Port-au-Prince, Hati, Dany Laferrire worked as a journalist in Hati before moving to Canada in 1976. He also worked as a journalist in Canada, and hosted television programming for the TQS network. Laferrire published his first novel, Comment faire l'amour avec un ngre sans se fatiguer (How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired) in 1985. In 2009, Laferrire won the prestigious Prix Mdicis for his 11th novel, L'nigme du retour. Laferrire lives in Montreal, Quebec.

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