The Colour of Dawn

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Imprint: Seren Books (Jul 01, 2013)
Fiction, Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Seren Books
ISBN: 9781781720578

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    In Port au Prince, Haiti, the police roam the streets and no one is safe. Fignolé, a musician and political radical, is missing. His sisters Joyeuse and Angelique search for their young brother amid the colorful bustle, urban deprivation, and political tension of the city; when they eventually locate him, they will have found more about themselves than they wanted to know. This story explores one day and three lives in a city where love is hard to find, life is cheap, and death is all too familiar. It is the tense, passionate, and vividly told story of small victories of hope in the face of a seemingly impossible fight against a monolithic regime.
    Yanick Lahens

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