{"product_id":"the-infamous-rosalie-9780803240261","title":"The Infamous Rosalie","description":"\u003cp\u003eLisette, a Saint-Domingue-born Creole slave and daughter of an African-born \u003ci\u003ebossale\u003c\/i\u003e, has inherited not only the condition of slavery but the traumatic memory of the Middle Passage as well. The stories told to her by her grandmother and godmother, including the horrific voyage aboard the infamous slave ship \u003ci\u003eRosali\u003c\/i\u003ee, have become part of her own story, the one she tells in this haunting novel by the acclaimed Haitian writer  velyne Trouillot. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the colonial tale of an African midwife who kept a cord of some seventy knots, each one marking a child she had killed at birth, the novel transports us back to Saint-Domingue, before it became Haiti. The year is 1750, and a rash of poisonings is sowing fear among the plantation masters, already unsettled by the unrest caused by Makandal, the legendary Maroon leader. Through this tumultuous time, Lisette struggles to maintain her dignity and to imagine a future for her unborn child. In telling Lisette's story, Trouillot gives the revolution that will soon rock the island a human face and at long last sheds light on the invisible women and men of Haitian history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe original French edition of \u003ci\u003eRosalie l'inf me\u003c\/i\u003e received the \u003ci\u003ePrix Soroptimist de la romanci re francophone\u003c\/i\u003e, honoring a novel written by a woman from a French-speaking country which showcases the cultural and literary diversity of the French-speaking world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803240261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.07w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2013 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evelyne Trouillot, \u0026#201;velyne Trouillot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643644571804,"sku":"9780803240261","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1d927de6-1cd9-4de6-9b1e-0e86cbcad4f8.jpg?v=1603857008","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-infamous-rosalie-9780803240261","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}