{"product_id":"popa-singer-paperback","title":"Popa Singer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRené Depestre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaiama L. Glover\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe latest novel by one of Haiti's most brilliant writers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRené Depestre\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most important and celebrated Haitian writers of his generation. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Festival of the Greasy Pole\u003c\/i\u003e, among many works, and winner of the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle and the Prix Renaudot. \u003cb\u003eKaiama L. Glover\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of African American Studies and French at Yale University. She is the prizewinning translator of René Depestre's \u003ci\u003eHadriana in All My Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41731429040263,"sku":"9780813951430","price":44.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/effa98f0593fc4be6d179fef159d0f37_06fdaa4c-3ccb-4230-98ca-fdb91ab080b6.webp?v=1734093562","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/popa-singer-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}