La sombra del gobernador

About the Book

1789 was the beginning of major changes in France and one of its most prized colony, Santo Domingo. The revolution changed the traditional structures of society but this turbulence brought out the greatness and the perversity of its protagonists. Joséphine no exception; explosive mixture of races, warm-hearted woman, young maverick, live a thousand adventures in search of personal fulfillment both in love and in the society of his time. Rebel despite their status as slave, accept the authority of one man, Toussaint Louverture, whose wake follow throughout the island and who live in the shadow of major battles, powers subdue traditional prerequisite to building a new society. His life is therefore a new witness, a new version of what was the path taken by unrepeatable heroes that led to Haiti to freedom and independence.

About the Author

Micheline Dusseck, née à Port-au-Prince Haïti, vit en Espagne. Elle a exercé la carrière de médecine comme spécialiste en Biologie clinique. Toujours en contact avec la réalité socio-économique, elle s´y inspire habituellement pour son oeuvre littéraire. Elle a édité «Ecos del Caribe», «el Encantador de moscas», «la sombra del gobernador». Cette ouvrage “La terre qui résonne” est la traduction faite par l´auteur de son premier œuvre; «Ecos del Caribe»