The Emperor

By: Orcel, Makenzy

A tragicomic novel that explores deep-seated tensions and social violence in Haiti.

After committing an irreparable crime, the narrator of The Emperor waits in his bedroom for the police to arrest him. His past reverberates inside of him like a drum: his youth spent in captivity as a zonbi, under the control of a charlatan Vodou leader, and many an alienating dawn delivering the daily newspaper through the cutthroat neighborhoods...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1803093668
• ISBN13: 9781803093666
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Seagull Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"