Quiet Dawn, Quiet Dawn

Quiet Dawn Is A Translation Of Jean-claude Fignole's Novel Aube Tranquille. Originally Published In 1990 By French Publisher Les Editions Du Seuil And Translated By Laurent Dubois And Kaiama Glover, The Novel Retells The Story Of The Haitian Revolution, Shifting In Frame Between Historical Times And The Contemporary World. One Of The Very Few Contemporary Works Of Haitian Prose Fiction To Grapple Explicitly With Haiti's Revolution, Quiet Dawn Pushes Forcefully Against The Silences And Silencings Of Haiti's Past, Belying Its Title To Depict A Clamorous Atlantic World That Comprises Europe, Africa, And The Vast Expanse Of The Americas. A Compelling Example Of The Spiralist Literary Style, Which Fignole Dreamed Into Being Along With Celebrated Writers Franketienne And Rene Philocete The Novel Is Characterized By Unresolved Tensions-between The Insular And The Global, The Individual And The Collective, The Past And The Present. Fignole's Narrative Unfurls A Breathtaking Canvas And Traces A Devastating Arc Of The Black Atlantic Spiral In A Tale That Reveals How Haiti's Complicated History Is Both Integral To And Deeply Implicated In The Nation's Contemporary Realities. This Translation Brings To An English-language Readership This Important Novel With Its Timely Questions Of History, Memory, Colonial Violence, Race, Gender, And Power In The Atlantic World-- Provided By Publisher.