“It would make sense, for the purposes of this study, to determine whether the idea of the zombie is in fact one of the traps of colonial history—something Haitians might have internalized and integrated into their own worldview. I” — René Depestre Copy Share Image
“We have only one recourse in the face of death: make art before it happens. —René Char” — René Depestre Copy Share
“It would make sense, for the purposes of this study, to determine whether the idea of the zombie is in fact one of the… — René Depestre Copy Share
“Then its beating seemed to rise from the depths of the earth, as if the root of the cosmos and my heart were beating… — René Depestre Copy Share
“The vast space sparkling with stars seemed to want to become part of my body.” — René Depestre Copy Share
“Still, Depestre does not shy away from showing the ways that a town, or a country, as he has stated in several interviews, can… — René Depestre Copy Share
