Memory at Bay

by Evelyne Trouillot

Book Overview

Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Cond , Jamaica Kincaid, and Rapha l Confiant-- 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, velyne Trouillot.

Trouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young migr who attends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813938090
• ISBN13: 9780813938097
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"