Author Description

Novel, set in contemporary Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Haiti. Kettly Mars (1958) is an award winning Haitian poet and novelist. Among her awards are Prix Jacques-Stephen Alexis (1996), Prix Senghor (2006), Bourse Barbancourt (2011), Prince Claus Award (2011). Her other published novels include Kasalé (2003), L'heure hybride (2005), Fado (2008), Saisons sauvages (2010), Le prince noir de Lillian Russell (2011), Aux Frontières de la soif (2013) and Bredjenn blues (2014) among others.