{"product_id":"god-loves-haiti-paperback","title":"God Loves Haiti - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDimitry Elias Léger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native of Haiti, Dimitry Elias L ger makes his remarkable debut with this story of romance, politics, and religion that traces the fates of three lovers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the challenges they face readjusting to life after an earthquake devastates their city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflecting the chaos of disaster and its aftermath, \u003cem\u003eGod Loves Haiti\u003c\/em\u003e switches between time periods and locations, yet always moves closer to solving the driving mystery at its center: Will the artist Natasha Robert reunite with her one true love, the injured Alain Destin , and live happily ever after? Warm and constantly surprising, told in the incandescent style of Jos  Saramago and Roberto Bola o, and reminiscent of Gabriel Garc a M rquez's hauntingly beautiful \u003cem\u003eLove in The Time of Cholera\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGod Loves Haiti\u003c\/em\u003e is an homage to a lost time and city, and the people who embody it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Léger deftly sketches his country's postcolonial struggles as well as its faith, resilience, and promise.\"--The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn thirty-five seconds, more than 200,000 people on the island of Haiti are killed and 1.3 million are left homeless. An earthquake has struck, ravaging a land that is plagued by poverty and poor infrastructure. Yet the amazing characters in \u003cem\u003eGod Loves Haiti\u003c\/em\u003e are never simply victims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the novel are the connected but divergent fates of its President, his wife, and her lover. The world has fallen down around them, laying bare remorse, pain, isolation, and unalloyed grief now devastatingly realized, and irrevocably altering all their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnchoring this poignant and constantly surprising story is an affectionate portrait of Haiti, in all its complexity--its proud past as the first nation established by a successful slave revolt, its entangled politics with France and the United States, and its efforts to rise from the ruins to build anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A luminous debut. . . . Léger writes beautifully and with an immense humanity. A standout novel.\"--Junot Díaz\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003eEdwidge Danticat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Léger deftly sketches his country's postcolonial struggles as well as its faith, resilience, and promise.\"--The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn thirty-five seconds, more than 200,000 people on the island of Haiti are killed and 1.3 million are left homeless. An earthquake has struck, ravaging a land that is plagued by poverty and poor infrastructure. Yet the amazing characters in \u003cem\u003eGod Loves Haiti\u003c\/em\u003e are never simply victims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the novel are the connected but divergent fates of its President, his wife, and her lover. The world has fallen down around them, laying bare remorse, pain, isolation, and unalloyed grief now devastatingly realized, and irrevocably altering all their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnchoring this poignant and constantly surprising story is an affectionate portrait of Haiti, in all its complexity--its proud past as the first nation established by a successful slave revolt, its entangled politics with France and the United States, and its efforts to rise from the ruins to build anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A luminous debut. . . . Léger writes beautifully and with an immense humanity. A standout novel.\"--Junot Díaz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 02, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762947326240,"sku":"9780062348159","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e233bfb4bd1845f70536bdbb102c7e10.webp?v=1780226974","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/god-loves-haiti-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}