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Love, anger, madness : a Haitian trilogy
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Love, anger, madness : a Haitian trilogy

Author: Marie Chauvet; Rose-Myriam Réjouis; Val Vinokur
Publisher: New York : Modern Library, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In Love, Anger, Madness, Marie Vieux-Chauvet offers three slices of life under an oppressive regime. Gradually building in emotional intensity, the novellas paint a shocking portrait of families and artists struggling to survive under Haiti's terrifying government restrictions that have turned its society upside down, transforming neighbors into victims, spies, and enemies." "In "Love," Claire is the eldest of
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marie Chauvet; Rose-Myriam Réjouis; Val Vinokur
ISBN: 9780679643517 0679643516
OCLC Number: 264671083
Description: xxiv, 379 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Love --
Anger --
Madness.
Other Titles: Amour, colère et folie.
Responsibility: Marie Vieux-Chauvet ; a new translation by Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokur ; introduction by Edwidge Danticat.

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"In Love, Anger, Madness, Marie Vieux-Chauvet offers three slices of life under an oppressive regime. Gradually building in emotional intensity, the novellas paint a shocking portrait of families and artists struggling to survive under Haiti's terrifying government restrictions that have turned its society upside down, transforming neighbors into victims, spies, and enemies." "In "Love," Claire is the eldest of three sisters who occupy a single house. Her dark skin and unmarried status make her a virtual servant to the rest of the family. Consumed by an intense passion for her brother-in-law, she finds redemption in a criminal act of rebellion.".

"In "Anger," a middle-class family is ripped apart when twenty-year-old Rose is forced to sleep with a repulsive soldier in order to prevent a government takeover of her father's land." "And in "Madness," Rene, a young poet, finds himself trapped in a house for days without food, obsessed with the souls of the dead, dreading the invasion of local military thugs, and steeling himself for one final stand against authority."--BOOK JACKET.

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