{"product_id":"9780813938103","title":"Memory at Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069000696048,"sku":"9780813938103","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780813938103_p0.jpg?v=1763739055","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780813938103","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}