Love, Anger, Madness
Title | Love, Anger, Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Marie Vieux-Chauvet |
Publisher | Modern Library |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2010-03-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0812976924 |
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 Originally published in 1968, Love, Anger, Madness 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 Love, Anger, Madness endures. Claire, the narrator of Love, 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. In Anger, 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, Madness paints a terrifying portrait of a Haitian village that has been ravaged by militants. René, 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.
In the Time of Madness
Title | In the Time of Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Lloyd Parry |
Publisher | Grove Press |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780802142931 |
Reprint. Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2005.
Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition)
Title | Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition) PDF eBook |
Author | Gabriel García Márquez |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 473 |
Release | 2020-10-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0593310853 |
A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.
A Time Of Madness
Title | A Time Of Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Salman Rashid |
Publisher | Rupa Publications |
Pages | 134 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9789384067366 |
During the chaos of partition in 1947, something dreadful happened in the city of Jalandhar in Punjab. As a result of this, Salman Rashid's family fled Jalandhar for Pakistan, the newly created country across the border. They were among the nearly two million people uprooted from their homes in the greatest transmigration in history. Besides those who fled, other members of the family became part of a grimmer statistic: They featured among the more than one million unfortunate souls who paid with their lives for the division of India and creation of Pakistan. After living in the shadow of his family's tragedy for decades, in 2008, Rashid made the journey back to his ancestral village to uncover the truth. A time of madness tells the story of what he discovered with great poignancy and grace. It is a tale of unspeakable brutality but it is also a testament to the uniquely human traits of forgiveness, redemption and the resilience of the human spirit.
Nobody Told Me
Title | Nobody Told Me PDF eBook |
Author | S. R. Karfelt |
Publisher | Bhc Press/Amber Horn |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2017-05-05 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781946006622 |
Nobody Told Me is the story of a complicated and powerful relationship-the love between two women who love the same man and the struggle to hold on as dementia erases past, present, and future. This is the story of one woman and her mother-in-law and the respect, heartbreak, and love they share as dementia takes hold and erases the past.
At This Moment
Title | At This Moment PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Cimms |
Publisher | Lone Sparrow Press |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 2016-05-28 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780997486704 |
A love story between two damaged people -- a rock musician and an emotionally abused young woman -- trying to make their way in the world without destroying themselves or each other.
Love and Madness
Title | Love and Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Truesdell Riehl |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003-09 |
Genre | Actors |
ISBN | 9781590250198 |