Down Among the Dead Men

Summary: The story of Dany Laferriere, the narrator and writer living in exile in Montreal, who finally comes home to Haiti. Nothing is different, and yet everything has changed. There is his mother, who has never left Haiti, not even for one minute, and who still performs all the rituals of old. But there is also the army of zombies that takes over the streets at night, while the American army occupies the country by day. What is this country of dead men? Is every Haitian a secret citizen? Is it possible for Laferriere to cross over to that country and then return?Laferriere wanders through Port-au-Prin.

Record details

ISBN: 9781553658528
ISBN: 1553658523
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (213 pages)
Publisher: New York : Douglas & McIntyre, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Untitled.
Formatted Contents Note:	A Primitive Writer; Suitcase; The Weather; Taxi; The Hill; The New House; Coffee; The Other World; The Little Room; The Gray Dress; Objects; The Thing Itself; The First Meal; Spaghetti; Up There; Inside Herself; Orange Blossom; The Staircase; Travelling; Dressing; Prayer; Landscape; Figures; The Cemetery; War; The Border; Fear; Your Neighborhood; The Smell; Hygiene; A Game; Afternoon; The Watch; The Car; Tauromachy; The Green Lizard; Rendezvous; The Smell; Perfume; Skin; The Beggar-Woman; Language; Body; Cigarette; Leather; Evening; The Young Nurse; The Ambulance; Night; A Light; Supper; Fear.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.