of humanity towards the fantastic ..

Laurent Gaudé in this novel takes a little recipe for her excellent "Hurricane" presentation of characters, natural disaster, impact on the characters Instead of hurricane in Louisiana, the earthquake in Haiti
But the comparison sarrêtera here as this time around, the sauce will be hard to take
Where "Hurricane" we presented plethora engaging characters, deep and touching, "dancing with the shadows" painfully manages to clear two characters of a second batch of roles rather summarily characterized ..
Where "Hurricane" is built on the destinies that crossed all along the story, here it follows the story of a group which meets before the disaster ..

Haiti being much influenced by the voodoo practices, Laurent Gaudé will bring more to his story fantastic slopes somewhat elusive and go much harm the emotional power quon can hope to find in his novels ..

All is not bad so far, we find the finesse décriture Laurent Gaude, and after a somewhat rocky start the first third of the novel is more of an attractive reading the description of the perception of the earthquake by locals (including any that part where People do not understand what it happens) is also very well made the last third is against much more difficult to follow when the subject of the dead appear and the story becomes rather enigmatic ..
In short, half disappointment that this novel if it is not bad, very still below what I could expect
A tiny 3 stars