Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Restoring Lost Unity in Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée
- 2 Past, Future and the Maroon Community in Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrième Siècle
- 3 Living by Mistake: Individual and Community in Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle
- 4 Singular Beings and Political Disorganization in Vincent Placoly's L'Eau-de-mort guildive
- 5 Conquering the Town: Stories and Myth in Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco
- 6 Community, Nature and Solitude in Daniel Maximin's L'Ile et une nuit
- 7 On Not Belonging: Surrogate Families and Marginalized Communities in Maryse Condé's Desirada
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Restoring Lost Unity in Jacques Roumain's Gouverneurs de la rosée
- 2 Past, Future and the Maroon Community in Edouard Glissant's Le Quatrième Siècle
- 3 Living by Mistake: Individual and Community in Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle
- 4 Singular Beings and Political Disorganization in Vincent Placoly's L'Eau-de-mort guildive
- 5 Conquering the Town: Stories and Myth in Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco
- 6 Community, Nature and Solitude in Daniel Maximin's L'Ile et une nuit
- 7 On Not Belonging: Surrogate Families and Marginalized Communities in Maryse Condé's Desirada
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Sense of Community in French Caribbean Fiction , pp. 187 - 190Publisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2010