Before he settled in Japan, Hearn lived in Martinique and filled these pages with its people: the porteuses who carried loads over the mountains, washerwomen at the river, Creole children asking about the stars, ghosts and the she-devil La Guiablesse. He describes Saint-Pierre and the slopes of Mont Pelée, with Creole speech recorded throughout.
A vivid record of a city soon to vanish, since the 1902 eruption of Mont Pelée destroyed Saint-Pierre. Download the free EPUB.