What do You think about How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired (1991)?
I was asked to review this book, and I was really thinking it was going to be kind of like instruction or a manual or something like that. That is so not the case. I agree that it is brilliant!!These two black men are living in a run down apartment. They are visited by various white women. They all have names like “miz beauty” or “miz literature”. I loved the different names they came up with. It’s better than just saying a normal name. The names they give show a better picture of the women they are with.Finally, a book that isn’t all serious! This book was so hilarious! :lol: If you are looking for a serious book about how to make love, this isn’t it!!! Even though it isn’t actually a manual on the act of making love, it can get pretty explicit.“Miz Beauty does not speak. You’ve got to discover her erogenous zones, her favorite subjects of conversation, her sign, all on your own. Meanwhile, Miz Piggy’s coming like an express train. She doesn’t get it every day. And she’s hell-bent to make the most of it. She wants more, more, more.”― Dany Laferrière, How to Make Love to a Negro“Making love to a Negro isn’t frightening; sleeping with him is. Sleep is complete surrender. It’s more than nude; it’s naked. Anything can happen during the night, when reason sleeps.”― Dany Laferrière, How to Make Love to a NegroI highly recommend this book! Enough of all the serious books, pick up How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired and prepare yourself for laughter!
—Cheryl
Such a beautiful tiny slice of a novella. Gorgeous spare writing with a story that folds in on itself like origami. I wish I had the balls to read this book in public but I suspect the hotel maids were horrified enough by the title. It concerns one of my favorite subjects, black men and white women, with just enough ironic humor and scatological historical context to keep it from being a political treatise. I will hold on to this book and certain moments will stay with me forever, like falling in love with a stranger for 3/10’s of a second.
—Kaitlyn Barrett
Tout simplement génial!!!!! Un des meilleurs livre que j`ai lu pendent ma vie. Un vrai œuvre d`art vivant, Dany Laferrière montre ici un talent extraordinaire, il a certainement une prose très intelligente. Je suis très heureux d`avoir découvert ce grand écrivain Haïtien-Canadien.
—Luis Gurley
