Lyonel Trouillot
Autor de Street of Lost Footsteps
Sobre El Autor
Lyonel Trouillot is a founding member of the Haitian Writers Association.
Obras de Lyonel Trouillot
La petite fille au regard d'ile 1 copia
Zanj nan dlo 1 copia
Ti dife boule sou istwa Ayiti 1 copia
Agase Lesperans 1 copia
Les dits du Fou de l’île 1 copia
Maître Jonas, l'homme au baton 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1956-12-31
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Haiti
- Lugares de residencia
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti (birthplace)
- Ocupaciones
- professor
- Relaciones
- Trouillot, Evelyne (sibling)
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 27
- También por
- 2
- Miembros
- 166
- Popularidad
- #127,845
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 52
- Idiomas
- 4
The narrator tells a fragmented story of the lives of five individuals and their connection with a college that receives grants from the government and their interaction with other people in the area. There is man Jeanne an elderly lady who is friendly with the petit professuer who runs a bookshop and encourages the narrator to widen his reading. It is at the time of the second occupation which began June 2004 and was established under the pretext of “stabilizing” Haiti after the U.S.-sponsored ouster of the country’s democratically elected president, Jean Bertrand Aristide. Some of the patrons of the Kannjawou are English speakers and many have been drafted in from other hot-spots around the world for a tour of duty in Haiti. This is the background to the lives of the five individuals, who can read all they want about liberty and freedom and perhaps get involved in some subversive activities, but at the end of the day there is little they can do. They all have to adapt to the situation, especially if they want to drag themselves out of the poverty trap.
The occupation of the country is juxtaposed with the funeral processions which prove both an interruption and a fascination for the five friends. There is just enough of a story and time line to make for an interesting read, however it is the brooding atmosphere and a sense of the lives of the young people, who cannot stretch their wings that is the fascination of this book 3.5 stars.… (más)