Writing on the Fault Line - Haitian Literature and the Earthquake of 2010

Marking five years since the devasting Haitian earthquake, this important book explores the impact of the catastrophe on the literature of Haiti.

About the author

Martin Munro is Winthrop-King Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University, and the author of Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas (University of California Press, 2010); Exile and Post-1946 Haitian Literature: Alexis, Depestre, Ollivier, Laferrière, Danticat (Liverpool University Press, 2007); and editor of Haiti Rising: Haitian History, Culture and the Earthquake of 2010 (Liverpool University Press, 2010).

Product details

• Authors: Martin Munro, Martin (Florida State University) Munro
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2014
• EAN: 9781781381465
• ISBN: 978-1-78138-146-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures; Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures; CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCO
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies