{"product_id":"vale-of-tears-a-novel-from-haiti-1588140202","title":"Vale of Tears: A Novel from Haiti","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1588140202\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paulette Poujol Oriol\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiction. Caribbean Studies. Translated from the French by Dolores A. Schaefer. VALE OF TEARS is a stark, meditative, and vivid exploration of Coralie Santeuil's life through a series of flashbacks she has on New Year's eve as she makes fourteen stops while walking from one end of the busy city of Port-au-Prince to the other in a last quest to save her life and retain her dignity. Although the novel is set in the period around the Second World War, it is in many ways a book about contemporary Haiti. We pause to wonder what happens to the privileged when their world disintegrates. We contemplate thesurvival skills of the poor. Vale of Tears offers a critical reading of the class system and corruption which plague the country. Paulette Poujol-Oriol is one of Haiti's most celebrated novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51881273819424,"sku":"NEW1588140202","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/419CGXQ32VL.jpg?v=1781820121","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/vale-of-tears-a-novel-from-haiti-1588140202","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}