Books by Jacques Stephen Alexis
General Sun, My Brother
by Jacques Stephen Alexis
This is one of the books that I loved so much that when I started writing my own novel about the massacre of Haitian cane workers, The Farming of Bones, it was one of the inspirations for that. I thought that he did such an amazing job with his main male character that I wanted to do the same with a female character!
Interviews where books by Jacques Stephen Alexis were recommended
The Best Haitian Literature, recommended by Edwidge Danticat
The acclaimed Haitian author Edwidge Danticat chooses five must-reads from the riches of Haitian literature – including 19th-century poems by a ruler’s daughter.
