Love, Anger, Madness av Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Rose-Myriam Rejouis

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<b>The only English translation of “a masterpiece” (<i>The Nation</i>)—a</b> <b>stunning trilogy of novellas about</b> <b>the soul-crushing cost of life under a violent Haitian dictatorship, featuring an introduction by Edwidge Danticat</b><br><b> </b><br>Originally published in 1968<i>, Love, Anger, Madness </i>virtually 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. Yet <i>Love, Anger, Madness </i>endures.<br> <br>Claire, the narrator of <b><i>Love</i></b><i>,</i> 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