The Belle Créole

Possessing one of the most vital voices in international letters, Maryse Condé added to an already acclaimed career the New Academy Prize in Literature in 2018. The twelfth novel by this celebrated author revolves around an enigmatic crime and the young man at its center. Dieudonné Sabrina, a gardener, aged twenty-two and black, is accused of murdering his employer—and lover—Loraine, a wealthy white woman descended from plantation owners. His only refuge is a sailboat, La Belle Créole, a re...