Racial and sexual politics collide in this cult classic that launched Laferrière as one of North America’s finest literary provocateurs.Brilliant and tense, Dany Laferrière’s first novel, How to Make Love to a Negro without Getting Tired, is as fres
On January 12, 2010, novelist Dany Laferrière had just ordered dinner at a Port-au-Prince restaurant with a friend when the earthquake struck. He survived; some three hundred thousand others did not. The quake caused widespread destruction and left over
A devilishly intelligent new novel by the internationally bestselling author and Prix M�dicis winner.A black writer from Montreal has found the perfect title for his next book:
I Am a Japanese Writer
. His publisher gives him an advance on the str
Adrian isn't very happy these days. He lives in a small town and goes to a Catholic high school. He wears glasses, secretly reads philosophy books, and wishes he had more muscles. He's dogged by a strict mother, bullied by fellow players on the soccer fie
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
Après L'Art presque perdu de ne rien faire, ce roman des idées, j'ai voulu réfléchir sur la lecture et l'écriture, deux activités qui enchantent mon esprit. J'ai écrit ce livre dans mon lit, entre trois et sept heures du matin. Au moment où la vil
Un jeune homme de vingt-trois ans a quitté son pays de façon précipitée. Un homme épuisé y retourne, trente-trois ans plus tard. Le jeune homme est passé de l’étouffante chaleur de Port-au-Prince à l’interminable hiver de Montréal. Du Sud au
Je ne sais pas trop comment qualifier ce livre. J’hésite entre un roman des idées et un essai lyrique. En tout cas, j’essaie de brasser ensemble mes réflexions, mes émotions, mes sensations comme mes rires et mes délires, car je n’ai pas l’im
