{"product_id":"a-liturgy-for-the-anonymous","title":"A Liturgy for the Anonymous \/\/ A Novel (Pre-order, June 8 2027)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA breathtaking portrait of modern Haiti told through the voices of the downtrodden and overlooked—from one of the country’s preeminent writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA minister’s nephew is dispatched to a coastal village to conduct an inventory of a library bequeathed to the state by a singular individual. It is a vast legacy consisting exclusively of the works of ‘‘great men’’ who have left their mark on history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen he writes to his uncle to keep him abreast of his progress and latest discoveries, however, he experiences a multitude of voices forcing their way into his head and insinuating their way into his account. Disrupting the prevailing calm and order, they demand their due and assert their own entitlement to posterity. Do not all lives—whether humble or heroic—deserve to have their story told?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eLyonel Trouillot\u003c\/b\u003e is a Haitian novelist, poet, journalist, and teacher of French and Creole literature. For his novel \u003ci\u003eLa Belle Amour humaine\u003c\/i\u003e, he was awarded the Grand Prix du Roman Métis, the Geneva Book Fair Literary Prize, and the Gitanjali Literary Prize. Trouillot was made a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2010. Having lived in exile in Miami for several years, he has now returned to Haiti and lives in Port-au-Prince.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillard Wood \u003c\/b\u003egrew up in France and has translated more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction from the French. He has won the Lewis Galantière Award for Literary Translation and received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Translation. He lives in Norfolk, Connecticut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Other Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: June 8 2027\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 192\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e 9781635426472\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e 8 in H | 5.3 in W | 0.8 lb Wt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Lyonel Trouillot","offers":[{"title":"(Pre-order, June 8 2027) Paperback","offer_id":49275785445611,"sku":"9781635426472","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9781635426472.jpg?v=1787332248","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/a-liturgy-for-the-anonymous","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}