{"product_id":"memory-at-bay","title":"Memory at Bay","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Cond, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphal 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, velyne Trouillot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young migr 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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture souple","offer_id":46205573529810,"sku":"9780813938097","price":38.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Couverture rigide","offer_id":46205573562578,"sku":"9780813938080","price":92.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_4750d6ff-0241-4764-a528-f9521eb2c6ea.jpg?v=1763375428","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/memory-at-bay","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}