{"product_id":"memory-at-bay-caraf-books-caribbean-and-african-literature-translated-from-french","title":"Memory at Bay (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)","description":"Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphaël Confiant-- Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti’s most vital authors, Évelyne Trouillot.\nTrouillot 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.\nMemory at Bay 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.\n\nCARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0813938090\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0813938090.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Évelyne Trouillot|Herbeck, Jason|Daw, Paul Curtis\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43098934149181,"sku":"BVV.0813938090.VG","price":12.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0813938090-0.jpg?v=1775854751","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/memory-at-bay-caraf-books-caribbean-and-african-literature-translated-from-french","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}