{"product_id":"memory-at-bay-velyne-trouillot-9780813938097","title":"Memory at Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphaël Confiant-- \u003ci\u003eMemory at Bay\u003c\/i\u003e is now available in an English translation that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti's most vital authors, Évelyne Trouillot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young émigré who attends to her needs but who harbors a secret--the bitter loss she feels for her mother, a victim of the dictator's atrocities. The story that unfolds is a deftly plotted psychological drama in which the two women in turn relive their radically contrasting accounts of the dictator's regime. Partly a retelling of Haiti's nightmarish history under Duvalier, and partly an exploration of the power of memory, Trouillot's novel takes a suspenseful turn when the aide contemplates murdering the old widow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemory at Bay\u003c\/i\u003e was praised by the Prix Carbet committee for the way it treats the enigmas of destiny and for a pairing of characters whose voices bring the narrative to the edge of the ineffable.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Évelyne Trouillot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813938090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813938097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.51w x 0.23d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016","brand":"Évelyne Trouillot","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995615428863,"sku":"9780813938097","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5dff9b2-eb41-45a9-aac4-069bfe7d64ea.jpg?v=1683336815","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/memory-at-bay-velyne-trouillot-9780813938097","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}