Hadriana in All My Dreams

Description:

"Takes place primarily during carnival in 1938 in the Haitian village of Jacmel. A beautiful young French woman, Hadriana, is about to marry a Haitian boy from a prominent family. But on the morning of the wedding, Hadriana drinks a mysterious potion and collapses at the altar. Transformed into a zombie, her wedding becomes her funeral. She is buried by the town, revived by an evil sorcerer, then disappears into popular legend. Set against a backdrop of magic and eroticism, and recounted with delirious humor, the novel raises universal questions about race and sexuality"--Page 4 of cover.

subjects: Voodoo,  Historical fiction,  Fiction,  Language readers,  General,  Fiction - General,  Fiction, general,  Vodou,  Zombies,  Carnival,  Fiction, occult & supernatural,  Fiction, fantasy, general,  Haiti, fiction,  FICTION / African American,  FICTION / Literary,  FICTION / Magical Realism,  TRAVEL / Caribbean & West Indies,  Haitian fiction,  Magic realism (Literature)

Places: Haiti,  Jacmel (Haiti)