Jacques Stephen Alexis
Auteur van General Sun, My Brother
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(eng) Jacques Stéphen Alexis (neurologist, novelist and dissident opposed to Duvalier) was the son; Stéphen Alexis (diplomat, historian and journalist) was the father.
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1922-04-22
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1961-04 (presumed)
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Haiti
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- murder (presumed; by the Tonton Macoute)
- Woonplaatsen
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Paris, France - Opleiding
- Collège Stanislas
Port-au-Prince (medicine) - Beroepen
- neurologist
novelist - Relaties
- Alexis, Stéphen (father)
- Ontwarringsbericht
- Jacques Stéphen Alexis (neurologist, novelist and dissident opposed to Duvalier) was the son; Stéphen Alexis (diplomat, historian and journalist) was the father.
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Along the way we learn more than we might expect to about the situation of the working classes in the Caribbean and what should be done to improve it. Alexis does exploit the exotic brothel setting for all it's worth (including rather more male-gaze-type lesbian soft porn than strictly necessary), but he also makes it clear that the women are every bit as much exploited workers and victims of capitalism as the men in the shipyard (it's no accident that the US Navy is in port).
Fun, in the sort of way Porgy and Bess would be with a libretto by Friedrich Engels and Henry Miller...… (meer)