Ready to Burst

Ready to Burst follows the lives of two young men and their individual attempts to make sense of the deeply troubled society surrounding them. An informed critique of the "brain drain" prompted by the Duvalier dictatorship, Ready to Burst is, in Frank tienne's words, a portrait of "the extreme bitterness of doom in the face of the blind machinery of power." Widely recognized as Haiti's most important literary figure and an outspoken challenger of political oppression, Frank tienne was a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009. The New York Times has called Frank tienne "the Father of Haitian Letters."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Published: 10/14/2014
ISBN: 9781935744788
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 6.20h x 6.40w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/14/2014
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2014