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Yanick Lahens

    December 22, 1953

    Yanick Lahens offers an uncompromising portrayal of life in the Caribbean, drawing authority from her deep engagement with Haiti. Her writing presents a unique perspective on the region, marked by an independent spirit and a profound connection to the land. As a leading voice in Haitian literature, she explores complex themes with a distinctive literary style. Beyond her literary achievements, she dedicates herself to fostering sustainable development and educating young Haitians.

    Bany de lluna
    Tanz der Ahnen
    Sweet Undoings
    • Sweet Undoings

      • 228 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Yanick Lahens leads us into a breathless intrigue with her newest portrait of Haiti, Sweet Undoings. In Port-au-Prince, violence never consumes. It finds its counterpart in a high-pitched sweetness, a sweetness that overwhelms Francis, a French journalist, one evening at the Korosòl Resto-Bar, when the broken and deep voice of lounge singer Brune rises from the microphone. Brune's father, Judge Berthier, was assassinated, guilty of maintaining integrity in a city where everything is bought. Six months after this disappearance, Brune wholly refuses to come to terms with what has happened. Her uncle Pierre, a gay man who spent his youth abroad to avoid persecution, refuses to give up on solving this still unpunished crime as well. Alongside Brune and Pierre, Francis becomes acquainted with myriad other voices of Port-au-Prince: Ezekiel, the poet desperate to escape his miserable neighborhood; Nerline, women's rights activist; Waner, diligent pacifist; and Ronny the American, at home in Haiti as in a second homeland. Nourishing its power from the bowels of the city, Sweet Undoings moves with a rapid, electric syncopation, gradually and tenderly revealing the intimacy of the lives within.

      Sweet Undoings
      3.3
    • Tanz der Ahnen

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Der Kampf einer jungen Haitianerin um ihren eigenen Weg ist zugleich eine Metapher für die Suche der karibischen Bevölkerung nach einer eigenständigen kulturellen Identität.

      Tanz der Ahnen
      4.0
    • Bany de lluna

      • 230 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      Premi Fèmina 2014. Els Lafleur han viscut sempre a Anse Bleue, un poblet d’Haití on la terra i el mar es confonen i on sembla que viure i patir siguin la mateixa cosa: suportar les inclemències del temps—un clima àrid que fa tornar la terra erma i el vent feroç—i la servitud a una elit canviant a causa de la inestabilitat política. Quan, un dia al mercat, el terratinent Tertulien Mésidor s’atura bruscament davant la parada d’Olmène—una Lafleur—, l’atracció és recíproca: per a Olmène, l’home madur representa el poder i el despertar sexual; per a Tertulien, el cos d’ella simbolitza la terra que els Mésidor han cobejat durant anys. En aquesta magistral novel·la, Yanick Lahens dóna veu a la pagesia d’Haití, desposseïda de la terra i del seu propi destí, la vida privada de la qual fa convergir destrament amb la turbulenta història del país, que ha estat víctima de l’espoli des d’antic. Els mots poderosos i màgics, com una invocació, atorguen una bellesa ferotge a un relat que ressonarà en el lector molt de temps després de la lectura.

      Bany de lluna
      3.3