“The past is not alive to them the way it is to Georges; they do not remember – and thus do not see the reality of things. That reality is the dream Georges has come to embody: that a black man can become a nobleman and be better educated and more talented and powerful than the white plantation owners.”

“The past is not alive to them the way it is to Georges; they do not remember – and thus do not see the reality of things. That reality is the dream Georges has come to embody: that a black man can become a nobleman and be better educated and more talented and powerful than the white plantation owners.”

— Tom Reiss