{"product_id":"my-heart-beats-fast-nadia-chonville-9780826508218","title":"My Heart Beats Fast","description":"Situated in contemporary Martinique, \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Beats Fast\u003c\/i\u003e centers Kim, a young man accused of murdering his father, his sister's partner, and her young son. The narration braids three temporalities: the present of the trial; the recent past of Kim's youth shaped by Martinique's entanglement with late-stage capitalism and\/as neocolonialism; and a longer duration that stretches back to slavery and the plantation, where Kim's Antillean matrilineal origins have their roots. This nonlinear narrative makes generous use of analepses, as the spirits of the ancestors whisper visions and memories to Kim's sister Edith, who attempts to understand what led her brother to commit such a horrific act. In addition to blending elements of realism and the marvelous, \u003ci\u003eMy Heart Beats Fast\u003c\/i\u003e is written in a particularly poetic, urgent yet precise prose that has earned Nadia Chonville many accolades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chonville's novel is at the vanguard of a new Antillean literature that moves beyond \u003ci\u003ecréolité\u003c\/i\u003e (the last identifiable literary movement in the Antillean canon) in several important ways: First, although it does reflect on the past (as indeed prescribed by the \u003ci\u003ecréolistes\u003c\/i\u003e), it is firmly anchored in the present, which Chonville, a trained social scientist, captures unflinchingly. Second, it complexifies the Antilles gender landscape with characters whose intersectional realities are explored with depth and care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nadia Chonville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826508219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826508218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Nadia Chonville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457737797887,"sku":"9780826508218","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1accd85d-ffbb-41aa-a987-141bb0149dba.jpg?v=1777400736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-heart-beats-fast-nadia-chonville-9780826508218","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}