Available in English for the first time, Marie Vieux-Chauvet’sstunning trilogy of novellas is a remarkable literary event. In a brillianttranslation by Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokur,Love, Anger, Madnessis a scathing response to the struggles of race, class, and sex that have ruledHaiti. Suppressed upon its initial publication in 1968, this major work becamean underground classic and was finally released in an authorized edition inFrance in 2005.InLove, Anger, Madness, Marie Vieux-Chauvet offers three slicesof life under an oppressive regime. Gradually building in emotional intensity,the novellas paint a shocking portrait of families and artists struggling tosurvive under Haiti’s terrifying government restrictions that have turned itssociety upside down, transforming neighbors into victims, spies, and enemies.In“Love,”Claire is the eldest of threesisters who occupy a single house. Her dark skin and unmarried status make hera virtual servant to the rest of the family. Consumed by an intense passion forher brother-in-law, she finds redemption in a criminal act of rebellion.In“Anger,”a middle-class family is rippedapart when twenty-year-old Rose is forced to sleep with a repulsive soldier inorder to prevent a government takeover of her father’s land.And in“Madness,”René, a young poet, findshimself trapped in a house for days without food, obsessed with the souls ofthe dead, dreading the invasion of local military thugs, and steeling himselffor one final stand against authority.Sympathetic, savage and truly compelling with aninsightful introduction by Edwidge Danticat,Love, Anger, Madnessis an extraordinary, brave and graphic evocation of a country in turmoil.