{"product_id":"memory-at-bay-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eÉvelyne 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 \u003ci\u003eMemory at Bay, \u003c\/i\u003e her novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Infamous Rosalie, \u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461318873362,"sku":"9780813938097","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_53b8d546-475b-4f67-9ea4-e6903d449eeb.jpg?v=1730063073","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/memory-at-bay-9780813938097","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}