The Emperor
29 February, 2024
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Makenzy Orcel
Translated by Nathan H Dize
Beginning with the narrator waiting in his bedroom for the police to arrest him, this novel set in Haiti, which moves with the narrator from the countryside to the sprawling city, combines crime fiction and fable and explores the fantastical, violence, love and politics.
Seagull Books, Rs 599, 160 pages