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Vale of tears : a novel from Haiti by Poujol Oriol, Paulette, Schaefer, Dolores A is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Translated from the French by Dolores A. Schaefer. Vale Of Tears is a stark, meditative, and vivid exploration of Coralie Santeuil's life through a series of flashbacks she has on New Year's eve as she makes fourteen stops while walking from one end of the busy city of Port-au-Prince to the other in a last quest to save her life and retain her dignity. Although the novel is set in the period around the Second World War, it is in many ways a book about contemporary Haiti. We pause to wonder what happens to the privileged when their world disintegrates. We contemplate thesurvival skills of the poor. Vale of Tears offers a critical reading of the class system and corruption which plague the country. Paulette Poujol-Oriol is one of Haiti's most celebrated novelists.

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Author

Poujol Oriol, Paulette, Schaefer, Dolores A

Publisher

Bethesda, Md. : Ibex Publishers

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781588140203

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction

Rating

4.5 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14