In a novel by this author, a former masseuse of Pauline Bonaparte begins massaging Canova's Venus Victrix in the Borghese Palace.
In a novel by this author, a former masseuse of Pauline Bonaparte begins massaging Canova's Venus Victrix in the Borghese Palace. This author created a character who is forced to carry bricks made with bull's blood to the top of a mountain during the construction of the Citadelle Laferrière. This author created a character who believes that geese do not value one individual over another, but is rejected by them after transforming into one. In a novel by this author, a mass poisoning of animals and white people is led by the one-armed houngan (hoon-gahn) Mackandal. After the suicide of Henri Christophe in a novel by this author, the mulattoes take control of Haiti. For 10 points, name this author who created the slave Ti Noel in The Kingdom of This World and hails from Cuba.
In a novel by this author, a former masseuse of Pauline Bonaparte begins massaging Canova's Venus Victrix in the Borghese Palace.
Alejo Carpentier [or Alejo Carpentier y Valmont]