This essay discusses the ways in which Madison Smartt Bell's novel The Stone That the Builder Refused represents the history of the Haitian Revolution, and particularly the figure of Toussaint Louverture. It argues that the novel engages usefully with the problem of how we can and should grasp this revolution and its political meaning.
Laurent Dubois; Capturing Louverture. Small Axe 1 June 2007; 11 (2): 177–183. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/-11-2-177
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