{"product_id":"popa-singer-9780813951430","title":"Popa Singer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe latest novel by one of Haiti's most brilliant writers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The most recent book by the renowned Haitian novelist, essayist, and poet René Depestre, \u003ci\u003ePopa Singer\u003c\/i\u003e is a semiautobiographical chronicle of Haiti in the late 1950s, the very moment when the country first came under decades of despotic rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To celebrate her son's return home after years of exile, Dianira Fontoriol (aka \"Popa Singer\")--an indomitable mother armed only with her sewing machine and her personal convictions--determines to resist in her own way the infamous Ubu King of the Tropics: François \"Papa Doc\" Duvalier. Depestre's novel tells the story of this at once intimate and epic struggle. Combining colorful fantasy and biting social satire, it is a deeply personal and singularly artistic take on an infamous chapter in Haitian history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRené Depestre\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most important and celebrated Haitian writers of his generation. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Festival of the Greasy Pole\u003c\/i\u003e, among many works, and winner of the Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle and the Prix Renaudot. \u003cb\u003eKaiama L. Glover\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of African American Studies and French at Yale University. She is the prizewinning translator of René Depestre's \u003ci\u003eHadriana in All My Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50564272455954,"sku":"9780813951430","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf353a61-4f43-4450-94f6-705e99df101e.jpg?v=1731875580","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/popa-singer-9780813951430","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}