Crossing the mangrove
Condé, Maryse
Crossing the mangrove / Maryse Condé ; translated by Richard Philcox - First Anchor Books edition - ix, 207 pages
In Guadeloupe, a man is found dead in the village of Riviere au Sel. He was Francis Sancher, a handsome individual, liked by some and reviled by others. The villagers come to pay their last respects and in speech or in internal monologue reveal their relationship to him. They include the postman who was his friend, the man who hated his guts and the woman who wishes she could burn on his pyre.
9780385476331
Guadeloupe--Social life and customs--Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Fic
Crossing the mangrove / Maryse Condé ; translated by Richard Philcox - First Anchor Books edition - ix, 207 pages
In Guadeloupe, a man is found dead in the village of Riviere au Sel. He was Francis Sancher, a handsome individual, liked by some and reviled by others. The villagers come to pay their last respects and in speech or in internal monologue reveal their relationship to him. They include the postman who was his friend, the man who hated his guts and the woman who wishes she could burn on his pyre.
9780385476331
Guadeloupe--Social life and customs--Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Fic