Crossing the Mangrove - Maryse Condé Gerard Rasch written when he was already

written when he was already ill with HIV and in the midst of the moral panic surrounding the AIDS crisis

een ver familielid dat veel jonger is dan hij

voor wie zij een beter leven wenst

houdt hij nazi-Duitsland een spiegel voor

Crossing the Mangrove - Maryse Condé Gerard Rasch written when he was alreadyPeople say that on the first night Francis Sancher spent in Rivire au Sel the wind in its temper screamed down from the mountains'Francis Sancher always said he would come to an unnatural end. So when this handsome newcomer to the Guadeloupean village of Rivire au Sel is found dead, face down in the mud, no one is particularly surprised. Loved by some especially women and reviled by others, Francis was an enigmatic figure. Where did he come from? What