New Beginnings Without New Heroes? 1791–1804 Haitian Revolution and the 2010 Earthquake in Nick Lake’s 'In Darkness' (2012)

This article analyses Nick Lake’s 'In Darkness' (2012), a young adult novel which joins together, across parallel narrative threads, stories of Haiti’s 1791–1804 Revolution and its post-2010 earthquake present. I examine the novel’s use of twinning, explicitly rooted in the complex figure...

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Main Author: Kasia Mika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Stockholm University Press 2018-11-01
Series:Karib
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Online Access:https://triggered.edina.clockss.org/ServeContent?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.karib.no%2Farticles%2F10.16993%2Fkarib.45%2Fprint%2F
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