Memory at Bay |
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| Author:
| Trouillot, Évelyne |
| Translator:
| Daw, Paul Curtis |
| Afterword by:
| Herbeck, Jason |
| Series title: | Caraf Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3808-0 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $101.20 |
Book Description:
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Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet, Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti's most vital authors, Évelyne Trouillot. Trouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young émigré who attends to her needs but who harbors a secret.
Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet, Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti's most vital authors, Évelyne Trouillot. Trouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young émigré who attends to her needs but who harbors a secret.