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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The principal merit of Kettly Mars’s novel
Savage Seasons is in making us feel a dictatorship’s intimate grip on its subjects. . . .
Savage Seasons is a novel about the widespread abandonment of freedom by a society that has become
macoute, where dictatorship leads to collective, accepted madness.”—Christian Tortel,
Le Monde “A breathless novel that combines fiction and reality with both dexterity and pugnacity.”—
Brune“A fine feminist and political novel that plunges into a country where ‘nobody dies a natural death.’ As she reveals the mechanisms of this totalitarian regime, Kettly Mars confirms the energy of Haitian literature, which includes, besides Dany Laferrière or Lyonel Trouillot, remarkable women as well.”—
Le Nouvel Observateur“[Savage Seasons] makes clear the Haitian misfortune beyond pathetic clichés for those who want to understand a country that suffers not only from the cruelty of nature but also from the violence of political history.”—La Vie
“Without concessions and writing in an incisive style, [Kettly Mars] claims the wealth of her multicultural heritage as she at the same time denounces its quirks.”—Le Quotidien du Medecin
"Readers interested in the Haitian revolution, or simply readers looking for a novel filled with beautiful imagery, should look no further than this wonderful novel."—Kristan Hoffman,
Big Muddy
