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Author: Martin Munro (Florida State University (United States))
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
Volume: 35
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9781781381465
ISBN 10: 1781381461
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 31 December 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
In the wake of Haiti's tragic 2010 earthquake, Dany Laferriere called for an imaginative rethinking of a new Haiti reborn from the disaster. In his thorough and perceptive survey of Haitian post-earthquake literature, Martin Munro examines the literary legacy of catastrophe. More than literary therapy, this new phase of Haitian writing emphasizes reconstruction as a subjective, human endeavor and engages with a changed view of Haitian space, collective values, tolerance and hospitality which are the key to Haiti's recovery from this disaster. Writing on the Fault line is as timely as it is welcome. Writing on the Fault Line is a tour de force; the definitive statement on the effects of a devastating earthquake on Haiti's literary production. Over many years, Martin Munro's work has been mapping the cultural imprint of Haitian history. Along with several other groundbreaking critics, whose thinking he draws upon,he has made Haiti more approachable (especially for the Anglophone world).
In the wake of Haiti's tragic 2010 earthquake, Dany Laferriere called for an imaginative rethinking of a new Haiti reborn from the disaster. In his thorough and perceptive survey of Haitian post-earthquake literature, Martin Munro examines the literary legacy of catastrophe. More than literary therapy, this new phase of Haitian writing emphasizes reconstruction as a subjective, human endeavor and engages with a changed view of Haitian space, collective values, tolerance and hospitality which are the key to Haiti's recovery from this disaster. Writing on the Fault line is as timely as it is welcome. -- Professor J. Michael Dash Writing on the Fault Line is a tour de force; the definitive statement on the effects of a devastating earthquake on Haiti's literary production. -- Dr Rachel Douglas
Author Information
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).
