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Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy (1968)

by Marie Vieux-Chauvet(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0679643516 (ISBN13: 9780679643517)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Modern Library

review 1: This trilogy of novellas gives the reader first-hand insight into life in Haiti in post-Duvalier era(Papa Doc') as well as the rigid class and color prejudices and divisions among the society. I read this in the original french text and found some passages painful due to the knowledge that although the particular stories were fiction, they could have been based on actual occurences and are a true reflection on the country and its people at that time.
review 2: A trilogy of novellas, all powerfully written, about the devastating personal effects of racial and class politics in Haiti, its historical cycles of violence and retribution, and its brutal corruption. I much preferred the first two ("Love" and "Anger" which I'd rate 4/5) to the fevered surreality of the... more third ("Madness"), which felt less finished. The dark-skinned female narrator of "Love," with her frustrated desires and awakening sense of self, is particularly striking. The author, Marie Vieux-Chauvet, originally wrote this book in the mid 1960s, then sought exile in the U.S. and tried to remove published copies out of circulation, out of fear of how the Duvalier regime might retaliate against her remaining family and friends. less

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