Memory at bay / Évelyne Trouillot ; translated by Paul Curtis Daw ; afterword by Jason Herbeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trouillot, Évelyne, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Daw, Paul Curtis, translator.

Herbeck, Jason, writer of afterword.

Series:

CARAF books

CARAF Books: Caribbean and African literature translated from French

Standardized Title:

Mémoire aux abois. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Duvalier, François, 1907-1971--Fiction.

Duvalier, François.

Duvalier, François, 1907-1971.

Haiti--Fiction.

Haiti.

Genre:

Fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Physical Description:

152 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Memory at Bay is a novel structured in monologues that alternate between the bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young émigré who attends to her needs and whose mother was a victim of the dictator's atrocities. Neither one can read the other's thoughts, but their flashbacks and reminiscences provide radically contrasting accounts of the Duvalier regime. Far more than a recap of recent Haitian history, the novel is also a subtle exploration of the power of memory" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Translator's acknowledgments

The survivor and the mother

The first lady and the schoolgirl

The wife and the orphan

The woman and the survivor

Glossary

Afterword.

Notes:

"Originally published in French as La mémoire aux abois © Éditions Hoëbeke, 2010" -- Verso title page.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780813938080

0813938082

9780813938097

0813938090

OCLC:

903247647