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Memory at Bay

Memory at Bay

Literary Fiction

Évelyne Trouillot, Paul Curtis Daw, Jason Herbeck

Authors: Évelyne Trouillot, Paul Curtis Daw, Jason Herbeck
Print type: BOOK

Description:

"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 émigré 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" --