Massacre River by Rene Philoctete


finished 10/11 ...... 20th century Haitian ...... rating 8,5

Very violent stuff here. It's about the Trujillo era in the Dominican Republic and its effect on Haiti. Trujillo wanted more land on the border and he also wanted a bit of ethnic cleansing. Haitians were "black." But the Haitians were interrelated with the Dominicans there along the border. It's based on an historical event but told with an eye to magical realism. It's probably better than I give it credit for but at the moment I'm just not into reading yet another graphically violent or perverse novel. I think I need to reread it.

Posted: Sun - October 12, 2008 at 10:06 AM        

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