Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell
Autor(a) de The Company of Heaven: Stories from Haiti (Iowa Short Fiction Award)
About the Author
Image credit: from author's webpage
Obras por Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell
Associated Works
The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States (2001) — Contribuidor — 65 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1950
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- Haiti
- País (no mapa)
- Haiti
- Local de nascimento
- Haiti
- Educação
- University of California, Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania (MFA)
Membros
Críticas
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 43
- Popularidade
- #352,016
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 10
- ISBN
- 7
The stories offer a variety of themes, several of which have common denominators, such as the subject of dark magic, or "vodou"; a widespread practice and belief in Haiti. I found this subject to be particularly fascinating. Sometimes, in these narratives, we find that the rich fall further than the poor, and ultimately suffer more that those surrounding them in dire poverty.
The writing is very good and flows smoothly from page to page. Oftentimes, I forgot it was fiction I was reading and felt I had been transported to Haiti itself. I was sorry when the book ended.… (mais)