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I Am Alive (Hardcover)
Kettly Mars; Translated by Nathan H. Dize
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R2,103
Discovery Miles 21 030
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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I Am Alive (Je suis vivant) is celebrated Haitian author Kettly
Mars's latest novel, telling the story of a bourgeois Caribbean
family as it wrestles with issues of mental illness, unconventional
sexuality, and the difficulty of returning home and rediscovery
following the devastating 2010 earthquake. Mars, herself a survivor
of the disaster, has crafted a complex, at times disorienting, but
ultimately enthralling and powerfully evocative work of literature
that adds to her reputation as one of the leading voices of the
francophone world. When the mental health facility where he has
been living for decades is severely damaged, Alexandre Bernier must
return home to Fleur-de-Chene. His sister Marylene has also come
home, leaving behind a flourishing career as a painter in Brussels,
and begins to explore her sexuality with her artist's model Norah,
who poses for her in secret. These homecomings are both a lift and
a burden to the family matriarch, Eliane, a steadfast and
resourceful widow. Over the course of the novel, past and present
blend together as each character has an opportunity to narrate the
story from their own perspective. In the end, it is the resilience
of the Haitian people that allows them to navigate the seismic
shifts in their family and in the land.
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Savage Seasons (Paperback)
Jeanine Herman; Kettly Mars; Afterword by Madison Smartt Bell
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R470
R395
Discovery Miles 3 950
Save R75 (16%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Port-au-Prince, the 1960s: Baby Doc Duvalier and his militia are
systematically eliminating opponents to the regime. Daniel Leroy,
editor in chief of the opposition newspaper, has just been
arrested. To find out what has become of him, his wife, Nirvah,
visits Raoul Vincent, secretary of state at the Office of Public
Safety. This fearsome head of the secret police is instantly
smitten, and to ensure her husband's survival and protect her
family, Nirvah submits to the official's desires. Becoming the
mistress of a strongman in the regime is not without its benefits.
Still, she has to endure her neighbors' inquisitive looks and the
silent questions of her own children. Kettly Mars's Savage Seasons
describes a pivotal and painful period in Haitian history by
weaving together two stories: the personal story of Nirvah and her
family and the universal story of Duvalier's dictatorial regime and
its abuses.
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