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About Patrick Chamoiseau
See more books from this AuthorThe lively antihero Pipi Soleil is an amoral “djobber” (deliveryman, at sea and ashore) who transports (and sometimes imperturbably murders) human cargo, contends in a (brilliantly described) wheelbarrow race, ineptly pursues the beauty of his dreams, and reluctantly guards a threatening zombie’s...
| Read Full Review of Chronicle of the Seven SorrowsAn immensely engaging comic figure, Pipi is the catalyst for a host of interlocking stories involving everything from gravedigging to Aim C saire.
| Read Full Review of Chronicle of the Seven SorrowsCloverdale's translation retains that flavour and sound, which means you may spend some time flipping to the notes in the back of the novel.
| Read Full Review of Chronicle of the Seven SorrowsOn its original publication in 1986, the first novel by Martinican Patrick Chamoiseau, Chronique des sept misères (Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows) announced the arrival of a distinctive new voice in Caribbean writing.
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