Available in English for the first time, Marie Vieux-Chauvet's
stunning trilogy of novellas is a remarkable literary event. In a
brilliant translation by Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokur, Love,
Anger, Madness is a scathing response to the struggles of race,
class, and sex that have ruled Haiti. Suppressed upon its initial
publication in 1968, this major work became an underground classic
and was finally released in an authorized edition in France in
2005.
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.
Sympathetic, savage and truly compelling with an insightful
introduction by Edwidge Danticat, " "Love, Anger, Madness is an
extraordinary, brave and graphic evocation of a country in turmoil.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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