Ready to Burst

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Ready to Burst tells the tale of a young man's efforts to navigate the challenges of a deeply troubled society. The novel moves fluidly between his experiences and those of his alt er ego, opening a window onto the absurd realities of a dictatorship. First published in 1968, Ready to Burst presents a sensitive critique of François Duvalier's suffocating regime and its consequences for a generation of young people in Haiti. The novel offers at once an exquisite verbal painting of life within a specific context of terror and a vivid exploration of love, hope, and the delicate membrane between reality and dream. Show more