English Translation

David Homel

Why Must a Black Writer Write About Sex?

Coach House Press; distributed by Stewart House/McClelland and Stewart

English version of Cette grenade dans la main du jeune Nègre est-elle une arme ou un fruit? by Dany Laferrière (VLB Éditeur).

ISBN 0-88910-482-4

David Homel has moved with zest and imagination through the rapidly shifting cultural contexts of Dany Laferrière's novel.

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With the permission of David Homel.