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Island Beneath the Sea Author: Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarite -- known as Tete -- is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage. Though her childhood is one of brutality and fear, Tete finds solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and in the voodoo loas she discovers through her f... more »
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It took me a long time to get into this book, but it was worth the read. It's very timely historical fiction, since it's set during the Haitian revolution, showing a lot of the forces that have shaped Haiti into the nation it is today. Woven into the same narrative is a glimpse of decadent Creole New Orleans right around the time of the Louisiana Purchase.
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> Latin American
- Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( A ) >> Allende, Isabel