Reconstructs the bloody events in Haiti following the collapse of French colonial rule through the experiences of a former slave, Ti-Noel

Product Description: "Maria Blanca's Memoirs" is the second in a series of texts from Latin America and the Caribbean translated into English. First published in 1929, the novel is both a femanist's portrait of the author's experience growing up on a Venezuelan hacienda and an assault on the quasi-feudal order that hed prevailed for decades under dictator Vincente Gomez...read more