Author:
Trouillot, Evelyne, 1954- author.
ImprintCharlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2015.
Imprint2015
Description152 pages ; 22 cm.
Note:"Originally published in French as La mémoire aux abois (c) Editions Hoebeke, 2010" -- Verso title page.
Note:Translator's acknowledgments -- The survivor and the mother -- The first lady and the schoolgirl -- The wife and the orphan -- The woman and the survivor -- Glossary -- Afterword.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
Note:"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" -- Provided by publisher.
