Mary Gallagher is Lecturer in French at University College Dublin.

"Gallagher has produced a concise, elegantly written study of remarkable range and sophistication.... Students who seek a reliable orientation to the sociohistorical, literary-historical, and theoretical issues involved in recent literature from the francophone Caribbean will not find a better, more reliable introduction.... [It] deserves the attention of specialists and general readers alike."--World Literature Today

"In this important study, Gallagher offers a probing and sensitive examination of postcolonial French Caribbean literature.... Gallagher's cogent and intelligent discussion suggests a vitality of spirit reflective of each author's contribution to an authentic literature whose global impact on literary thought extends beyond the borders of the Caribbean."--Choice