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Street of Lost Footsteps: Rue Des Pas-Perdus

Street of Lost Footsteps: Rue Des Pas-Perdus

by Linda Coverdale (Author), Lyonel Trouillot (Author), Linda Coverdale (Author), Lyonel Trouillot (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

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Synopsis

Lyonel Trouillot's harrowing novel depicts a night of blazing violence in modern-day Port-au-Prince and recalls hundreds of years of violence stretching back even before the birth of Haiti in the fires of revolution. Three narrators-a madam, a taxi driver, and a post office employee-describe in almost hallucinatory terms the escalating chaos of a bloody uprising that pits the partisans of the Prophet against the murderous might of the great dictator Deceased Forever-Immortal. The drama of promise and betrayal in Haitian life inform's Street of Lost Footsteps with the grim irony and savage tenderness characteristic of writers for whom the repetitiveness of history has gone beyond tragedy, through farce, and on into insanity. With impressive originality and touching immediacy, Trouillot explores the nature of political oppression, memory, and truth.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 115
 Publisher: UNP - Bison Books
Published: 01 Nov 2003
ISBN 10: 0803294506
ISBN 13: 9780803294509
Book Overview: A harrowing novel depicting a night of blazing violence in modern-day Port-au-Prince

Media Reviews
The colloquial monologues are scalding. They light up the reader like a torch. Corruption and despair do not phase our trio. The old madam achieves a wistful catharsis. The postal worker and Lawrence make everyday living exquisite. And the taxi driver turns the Street of Lost Footsteps from a nightmare zone into a destination. -Nicholas Burns, Review of Contemporary Fiction -- Nicholas Burns Review of Contemporary Fiction
Author Bio
A poet, novelist, and essayist who writes in Haitian Kreyol and French, Lyonel Trouillot is a founding member of the Haitian Writers Association. Linda Coverdale's many translations include Patrick Chamoiseau's Schooldays and Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows, both published by the University of Nebraska Press.