Dany Laferriere : Essays on His Works
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Canadian, Poetry
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781550717426 | |
| Publisher: | Guernica Editions | Publication: | December 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Guernica | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781550717426 |
| Publisher: | Guernica Editions |
| Publication: | December 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Guernica |
| Language: | English |
This collection of essays looks at the body of work of Quebec writer Dany Laferrière, including his notorious first novel, Comment faire l'amour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer, through a variety of critical and analytic lenses. Issues such as identity, privilege, memory, exile and return are examined in relation to his writing. Among the contributors are: Ng'ang'a wa Muchiri, Gabrielle Parker, Lucy Brisley, Lynn Penrod, Amy J. Ransom, and Lee Skallerup Bessette.
This collection of essays looks at the body of work of Quebec writer Dany Laferrière, including his notorious first novel, Comment faire l'amour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer, through a variety of critical and analytic lenses. Issues such as identity, privilege, memory, exile and return are examined in relation to his writing. Among the contributors are: Ng'ang'a wa Muchiri, Gabrielle Parker, Lucy Brisley, Lynn Penrod, Amy J. Ransom, and Lee Skallerup Bessette.
