Loneliness of Angels, the PB

By Myriam J.A. Chancy and Myriam J. A. Chancy

Offering a richly nuanced portrayal of Haiti as a place of ethnic and cultural complexity, this novel explores the important role of spirituality in Caribbean life and culture. Told through multiple voices in a nonlinear fashion, the narrative unfolds through the perspectives of Ruth, a Haitian-Syrian merchant, who recounts her young adulthood and final days as she intuits her imminent death; Catherine, a professional pianist living in Paris, who travels home to Haiti upon hearing of her aunt Ruth's murder; Rose, Catherine's mother and an empath, who is believed to have committed suicide in Canadian exile in reaction to the worst years of the Duvalier regime; Romulus, a once famous Konpa singer and an addict, who, released by rebels from a Port-au-Prince jail, searches for his redemption; and Elsie, an Irish, working-class seer who emigrates to Haiti in 1847 in search of a new mystic who will guide them all. Traversing the terrains of Port-au-Prince middle-class life, working-class French Canada, expatriate Paris, and the peat bogs of famine-stricken Ireland--and tracing lives that cross boundaries of time and place--this is a deeply absorbing portrayal of a fragmented community whose deepest connections lie in a shared sense of spirituality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845231228
• ISBN13: 9781845231224
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"