Love, Anger, Madness

A Haitian Triptych

Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Rose-Myriam Rejouis, Val Vinokur , Edwidge Danticat

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Modern Library Inc
10 September 2019

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Torchbearers

The only English translation of ""a masterpiece"" (The Nation)--a stunning trilogy of novellas about the soul-crushing cost of life under a violent Haitian dictatorship, featuring an introduction by Edwidge Danticat.

The only English translation of ""a masterpiece"" (The Nation)-astunning trilogy of novellas aboutthe soul-crushing cost of life under a violent Haitian dictatorship, featuring an introduction by Edwidge Danticat

Originally published in 1968, Love, Anger, Madnessvirtually disappeared from circulation until its republication in France in 2005. Set in the barely fictionalized Haiti of ""Papa Doc"" Duvalier's repressive rule, Marie Vieux-Chauvet's writing was so powerful and so incendiary that she was forced to flee to the United States. YetLove, Anger, Madnessendures.

Claire, the narrator ofLove,is the eldest of three daughters who surrenders her dreams of marriage to run the household after her parents die. Insecure about her dark skin, she fantasizes about her middle sister's French husband, while he has an affair with the youngest sister, setting in motion a complicated family dynamic that echoes the growing chaos outside their home.

InAnger,the police terrorize a middle-class family by threatening to seize their land. The father insinuates that their only hope of salvation lies with an unspeakable act-his daughter Rose must prostitute herself-which leads to all-consuming guilt, shame, and rage.

And finally,Madnesspaints a terrifying portrait of a Haitian village that has been ravaged by militants. Rene, a young poet, is trapped in his family's house for days with no food and becomes obsessed with the souls of the dead that surround him.

By: Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Rose-Myriam Rejouis
Introduction by: Edwidge Danticat
Translated by: Val Vinokur
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780812976922
ISBN 10: 0812976924
Series: Torchbearers
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 10 September 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Marie Vieux-Chauvet, a seminal writer of postoccupation Haiti, was born in Port-au-Prince in 1916 and died in New York in 1973. She is the author of five novels, including Dance on the Volcano, Fonds des N gres, Fille d'Haiti, and Les Rapaces. Rose-Myriam Rejouis and Val Vinokur have translated two novels by Patrick Chamoiseau, Solibo Magnificent and Texaco, the latter of which won the American Translators Association Galanti re Prize for Best Book. Their translation of Love, Anger, Madness was supported by a Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Edwidge Danticat was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She is the author of Brother, I'm Dying; Breath, Eyes, Memory; Krik? Krak!; The Farming of Bones; and The Dew Breaker. She lives in Miami with her husband and two daughters.