Jovenel Moïse is a dictator at this point...

[NanSanPedro]

Ok - I have finished Part1 - first 8 chapters .

I perhaps made a mistake in buying the Kindle edition but I simply can not afford a house big enough for the library I would have were I to buy all the books I buy.. my kindle has about 400 titles on it... ANYWAY - for others who are going to start the book - A

ND WHY DON:T WE ALL START THE TRILOGY? We, here, on the Haiti forum? Would be a great book club!
But - here is the thing - it has taken me through the first 8 chapters to understand that there MUST be a glossary? Which, of course, there is - called something like the "Devil's Other Dictionary" - at the end (which would have been an easy find in an actual book).

Plus - I do wonder how a TOTAL Haitian newbie will fare with this? With no understanding of voodoo? The book won lots of awards as a novel - yet for those who are really seeking an understanding it all? Might be a bit rough going. I already had a lot of the vocabulary - yada/petro/peristyle/hougan/mambo - lots of the loa - as well as the basic concepts and how the religion "works" - but for those with none?

Well, I will never have an answer unless the DR1 Haiti Forum Book Club takes up the challenge - Starting with "All Soul's Rising" -https://h-france.net/fffh/maybe-missed/madison-smartt-bells-haitian-revolution-trilogy/

To End my First Thought - if you get this book - READ THE GLOSSARY FIRST!

Who is in?

Annie, is the link you provided for the whole book?

 

[mountainannie]

Annie, is the link you provided for the whole book?

no - the link is only a book review
the book is only book one of a trilogy - I am only at the beginning - so not going to suggest that we go through All Three Books - but this first one was the major prize winner....

All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell: 9781400076536 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

"A serious historical novel that reads like a dream." --The Washington Post Book World "One of the most spohisticated fictional treatments of the enduring themes of class, color, and freedom." --San Francisco...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

You will find used copies for sale on Amazon. I like to buy new copies from living authors if I can afford them so that they will get the royalties.. making $$ from writing is Not Easy!

 

[mountainannie]

Here is the second book of the trilogy - scroll down for the reviews

Master of the Crossroads by Madison Smartt Bell: 9781400078387 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Continuing his epic trilogy of the Haitian slave uprising, Madison Smartt Bell’s Master of the Crossroads delivers a stunning portrayal of Toussaint Louverture, former slave, military genius and liberator...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

 

[mountainannie]

and the third
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/...refused-by-madison-smartt-bell/9781400076185/

 

[johne]

no - the link is only a book review
the book is only book one of a trilogy - I am only at the beginning - so not going to suggest that we go through All Three Books - but this first one was the major prize winner....

All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell: 9781400076536 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

"A serious historical novel that reads like a dream." --The Washington Post Book World "One of the most spohisticated fictional treatments of the enduring themes of class, color, and freedom." --San Francisco...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

You will find used copies for sale on Amazon. I like to buy new copies from living authors if I can afford them so that they will get the royalties.. making $$ from writing is Not Easy!

I bought (ordered it on line in theDR for del.in NY) for $7 used including shipping.

 

[NanSanPedro]

no - the link is only a book review
the book is only book one of a trilogy - I am only at the beginning - so not going to suggest that we go through All Three Books - but this first one was the major prize winner....

All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell: 9781400076536 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

"A serious historical novel that reads like a dream." --The Washington Post Book World "One of the most spohisticated fictional treatments of the enduring themes of class, color, and freedom." --San Francisco...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

You will find used copies for sale on Amazon. I like to buy new copies from living authors if I can afford them so that they will get the royalties.. making $$ from writing is Not Easy!

Thanks Annie, I should get it sometime in April.

 

[Naked_Snake]

ND WHY DON:T WE ALL START THE TRILOGY? We, here, on the Haiti forum? Would be a great book club!

I am game, definitely will reread those again.