The Kingdom of this World

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The Kingdom of this World (Spanish: El Reino de este Mundo) is a novel by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier, first published in 1949. It tells the story of Haiti before, during, and after the Haitian Revolution. It is an important work in the development of magical realism.

The novel centers on brutal evolution of Haiti's history after winning its independence from French colonial rule in a bloody revolution. The initial jubilence was quashed by the subesquent corruption and incompetence of the Haitian leadership. Haitian blacks had long been subjugated to the domimation of white control. In the face of disillusionment following their independence, they clung to their African traditions and rituals to make palatable the misery of their lives.[1]

The story is told from the point of view of a slave.

  1. ^ http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/bookreviews/carpentier.htm. Retrieved on 2006-08-30.

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