Dany Laferrire - Essays on His Works Volume 220

This collection of essays looks at the body of work of Quebec writer Dany Laferrire, including his notorious first novel, Comment faire l?mour avec un Ngre 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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lee Skallerup Bessette
• Assisted by: Lee Skallerup Bissette (Editor), Bissette Lee Skallerup (Editor), Lee Skallerup Bissette (Editor)
• Publisher: Guernica Editions
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2013
• EAN: 9781550717419
• ISBN: 978-1-55071-741-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 202 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 222 g
• Series: Essential Writers
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature