Excerpts from Dézafi by Frankétienne

Time: March 26, 2019, noon - 2 p.m.

Location: CFAC Art Gallery, 805 E. Genesee Street

Frankétienne (Haiti)
Asselin Charles (Sheridan College, Toronto)

Frankétienne and his English translator Charles will present, then read in Haitian and English excerpts from the novel, Dézafi (1975).

This iconic story, just published in English (University of Virginia Press, 2018), is by all measures a great humanistic work. By rewriting the myth of the zombie resurrected by the salt, the Haitian writer calls attention to his peoples' struggle for freedom, but also -- and above all -- to the richness of their verbal expression and storytelling tradition. Event includes lunch.

Jean Jonassaint, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics