Cécé

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Synopsis
&“The best book on Haiti in a very long time . . . powerful, spot on, likely the best written.&” —Dany Laferrière An astonishing novel of raw beauty about gang life, sex work, and social media in HaitiCécé La Flamme, as she&’s known by her loyal Facebook friends, captures photographs of still bodies. Figures scorched and bruised, left to the rubble of the Cité of Divine Power. When she posts an image of a corpse, Cécé&’s followers skyrocket. &“Nothing got more attention than a good corpse that was nice and warm or already rotting.&” Just beside visions of rot and neglect, she posts pictures of her toes, gullies crisscrossing the cité, and her own lips painted blue. With every image, Cécé seeks control and wants to create a frank, intimate record of the terror in her cité. Cécé&’s world begins and ends with the cité – a slum peopled by gangs, yelping kids, grandmothers, junkies, and preachers. The very gate that encloses the cité was constructed by militant gang members. First boss Freddy, then Joël, then Jules César rule the gang that holds the cité in a chokehold. Sharp, sincere, and desperate, Cécé cleaves life for herself out of social media, sex work, and attempts at friendship with other women. When an American journalist offers to buy the rights to Cécé&’s photographs, she demands double the cash. When an abusive former client dies, she wears hot pink to his funeral. Emmelie Prophète&’s novel is fierce, devastating, and suggestive – a record of a woman clawing back control.
Copyright:
2020

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
180 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781962770422
Related ISBNs:
9781962770415
Publisher:
New York Review Books
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Emmelie Propète
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:
Aidan Rooney

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