Their father's favourite saying, between drinks and blows, was, "Life holds only bad surprises, and the last one will be death." And now, Colin observes of the man sprawled under all the broken furniture, their father was definitely and forever out of surprises. This is the story Colin tells of what happened - and what happened before that.
Lyonel Trouillot is a poet, novelist, and essayist of the post-Duvalierist generation of Haitian writers.
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Linda Coverdale is a Chevalier de l¿Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the award-winning translator of over fifty books, including Trouillot¿s Street of Lost Footsteps (PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize finalist) and Patrick Chamoiseau¿s School Days and Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows, all available in Bison Books editions.
