Memory At Bay (Caraf Books: Caribbean And African Literature Translated From French) - 9780813938080

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 EmigrE 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 --

• | Author: Evelyne Trouillot
• | Publisher: University Of Virginia Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 18, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 160 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0813938082
• | ISBN-13: 9780813938080