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      Dance on the Volcano

      by Marie Vieux-Chauvet
      Published
      Jan 2017
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
      Pages
      496
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      Dance on the Volcano tells the story of two sisters growing up during the Haitian Revolution in a culture that swings heavily between decadence and poverty, sensuality and depravity. One sister, because of her singing ability, is able to enter into the white colonial society otherwise generally off limits to people of color. Closely examining a society sagging under the white supremacy of the French colonist rulers, Dance on the Volcano is one of only novels to closely depict the seeds and fruition of the Haitian Revolution, tracking an elaborate hierarchy of skin color and class through the experiences of two young women. It is a story about hatred and fear, love and loss, and the complex tensions between colonizer and colonized, masterfully translated by Kaiama L. Glover.

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      General Fiction

      Subgenres

      Historical Literary

      Themes

      Biographical

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      First Edition Jan 2017 Archipelago Books ISBN13 9780914671572 ISBN10 091467157X
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      Dec 2016 Archipelago ISBN10 B01BRFKMOU
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      Jan 2017 Steerforth Press ISBN13 9780914671589 ISBN10 0914671588
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