Overview
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: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0813938090
- | ISBN-13: 9780813938097
