{"product_id":"popa-singer-ren-depestre-9780813951430","title":"Popa Singer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe latest novel by one of Haiti's most brilliant writers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The most recent book by the renowned Haitian novelist, essayist, and poet René Depestre, \u003ci\u003ePopa Singer\u003c\/i\u003e is a semiautobiographical chronicle of Haiti in the late 1950s, the very moment when the country first came under decades of despotic rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To celebrate her son's return home after years of exile, Dianira Fontoriol (aka \"Popa Singer\")--an indomitable mother armed only with her sewing machine and her personal convictions--determines to resist in her own way the infamous Ubu King of the Tropics: François \"Papa Doc\" Duvalier. Depestre's novel tells the story of this at once intimate and epic struggle. Combining colorful fantasy and biting social satire, it is a deeply personal and singularly artistic take on an infamous chapter in Haitian history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e René Depestre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813951437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813951430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d","brand":"René Depestre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44716219465983,"sku":"9780813951430","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f2d9e7b-b2a9-4c68-b0e3-658fa3957b2e.jpg?v=1705681447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/popa-singer-ren-depestre-9780813951430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}