This was such a lovely conversation a between all of you! I'm especially appreciative of the way violence against children (physical and emotional) and poverty were discussed - these were some of the more difficult scenes to translate because the just had to be done right. There's no mistake that Michel-Rolph Trouillot's Silencing the Past feels so linked to this novel, the two authors are part of the same family. Thanks so much for reading and for taking so much care in discussing Ti Tony and Franky's world.
This was such a lovely conversation a between all of you! I'm especially appreciative of the way violence against children (physical and emotional) and poverty were discussed - these were some of the more difficult scenes to translate because the just had to be done right. There's no mistake that Michel-Rolph Trouillot's Silencing the Past feels so linked to this novel, the two authors are part of the same family. Thanks so much for reading and for taking so much care in discussing Ti Tony and Franky's world.
Sounds like Tony is a masochist. I agree with Paula. This novel echoes in many ways Emmelie prophète's LES VILLAGES DE DIEU.
Meant Tony the character, not Tony Regisford.