Maryse Condé’s Heremakhonon As a Noir Novel
A noir genre analysis of Heremakhonon explains the confusion, sensuality, red herrings, and flashbacks that permeate the novel, as well as the primacy of an investigation to the plot. Upon arriving in a newly independent West African country, protagonist Veronica witnesses the arrest of a politica...
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New Prairie Press
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
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| Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol39/iss1/5 |