Memory at Bay by Velyne Trouillot

Memory at Bay by Velyne Trouillot

Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet, Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haitis most vital authors, Evelyne Trouillot. Trouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young emigre who attends to her needs but who harbors a secret.

“One of the first things I was told in Haiti is that all families have at least one member in the army, at least one member in the Macoutes, and at least one member killed by the army or the MacoutesMemory at Bay is a distressingly beautiful evocation of this eerie symbiosis between oppressor and victim, by one of the best writers in the Caribbean basin today. As one of Évelyne Trouillot’s characters says to another, My only inheritance from you was your torment."" —Madison Smartt Bell

Évelyne Trouillot is a versatile author who has published novels, plays, poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction and whose work has been translated into several languages. In addition to the prize-winning Memory at Bay, her novels include The Infamous Rosalie, which won the Prix de la romancière francophone du Club Soroptimist de Grenoble. She is a lecturer in French at the State University in Port-au-Prince.

Paul Curtis Daw has translated works by Marie Darrieussecq, Delphine Coulin, and Michel Lambert.

Jason Herbeck is Associate Professor of French at Boise State University.

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ISBN 13	9780813938097
ISBN 10	0813938090
Title	Memory at Bay
Author	Évelyne Trouillot
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Virginia Press
Year published	2015-08-18
Number of pages	160
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.