The Old Slave

Patrick Chamoiseau (born 3 December 1953 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French novelist and essayist who writes in a French shaped by Martinican Creole. A co-author of the 1989 manifesto Éloge de la créolité with Jean Bernabé and Raphaël Confiant, he is a leading figure of the Créolité literary movement. His novel Texaco won the Prix Goncourt in 1992. His work, including the essay Frères migrants (published in Spanish as Hermanos migrantes), often explores identity, migration and Martinican...

Linda Coverdale is the author of "D'autres vies que la mienne" and "The Adversary." Her books offer readers a direct and engaging look at complex stories.