{"product_id":"quiet-dawn-jean-claude-fignol-9781478028437","title":"Quiet Dawn","description":"Jean-Claude Fignol?'s \u003ci\u003eQuiet Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e tells an enthralling story of Haiti's transition from French colony to independent Black republic. The swirling, multilayered novel provides intimate portraits of an eighteenth-century slaveholder, his wife, and their enslaved laborers set against the devastating backdrop of enslavement and revolution. Into this Gothic colonial tale Fignol? interweaves a series of tragic events involving a present-day French nun doing penance for the sins of her ancestors. One of the few contemporary Haitian novels to explicitly grapple with Haiti's revolution, \u003ci\u003eQuiet Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e foregrounds issues of race, power, the continuing legacy of historical trauma, and the unresolved tensions between the past and present. Published in French in 1990 and appearing here in English for the first time, \u003ci\u003eQuiet Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e forcefully pushes against the silencing of Haiti's past, belying its title to depict a clamorous Atlantic world that comprises Europe, Africa, and the vast expanse of the Americas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Claude Fignol?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478028432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478028437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs","brand":"Jean-Claude Fignol?","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46670367719679,"sku":"9781478028437","price":102.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quiet-dawn-jean-claude-fignol-9781478028437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}