A ‘Map’ of Hadriana
The organization of Hadriana In All My Dreams is, like much else in the novel, playful and complex. The book is organized into three “Movements,” made up of a total of six consecutively numbered chapters. The First Movement has four chapters, broken up into what we have called “Sections,” while the Second and Third Movements are each made up of a single chapter, also broken up into sections. Most sections are untitled, but three of those in Chapter 5 and the final section of Chapter 6 have titles, which are listed below.
First Movement
- Chapter 1: “Balthazar and the Seven Loins of Madame Villaret-Joyeuse”
- Sections 1-4
- Chapter 2: The Star that Shined but Once
- Sections 1-7
- Chapter 3: Hadriana in the Lap of the Gods
- Sections 1-9
- Chapter 4: Requiem for a Creole Fairy
- Sections 1-8
Second Movement
- Chapter 5: Hadriana-Ache
- Section 1
- Section 2: Letter from Jacmel
- Section 3
- Section 4: Imaginary Interview in the Luxembourg Gardens
- Section 5: Prolegomena to a Dead-End Essay
- Section 6
Third Movement
- Chapter 6: Hadriana’s Tale
- Sections 1-14
- Section 15: For the Record
Main Characters
Patrick Altamont: narrator & protagonist
Hadriana Siloé: the crossroads of the story
Supporting Cast
Hector Danoze: Hadriana’s husband-to-be
Mam Diani: Patrick’s aunt
Balthazar Grandchiré: marauding butterfly-man
Father Naélo: The Priest
Maître Homaire: The Jurist
Uncle Féfé: Patrick’s uncle and mentor
Madame Brévica Losange: wise Vodou initiate
Philisbourg twins, Lolita & Klariklé: Hadriana’s girlfriends
The Kraft Sisters, Mélissa & Raïssa: Hadriana’s girlfriends
André Siloé: Hadriana’s father
Scylla Syllabaire: barber & weaver of fantastical tales
Germaine Muzac Villaret-Joyeuse: Balthazar Grandchiré’s love-match
Lil’ Jerôme Villaret-Joyeuse: Germaine’s son & final chauffeur
Don Rosalvo Rosanfer: powerful black magic sorcerer