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02229aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 E14499262DF611EAB868BF0597128E48 003 SILO 005 20200103010057 008 190603t20192019laua 000 f eng d 010 $a 2019931998 020 $a 1944884637 020 $a 9781944884635 035 $a (OCoLC)1103220653 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d KNJ $d IaU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ger 043 $a nwht--- 050 4 $a PT2635.A27 $b D7313 2019 082 04 $a 843.914 $2 23 100 1 $a Seghers, Anna, $d 1900-1983, $e author. 240 10 $a Drei Frauen aus Haiti. $l English 245 10 $a Three women from Haiti / $c Anna Seghers ; translated by Douglas Irving ; foreward by Marike Janzen. 264 1 $a [New Orleans] : $b DiaÌlogos Books, an imprint of Lavender Ink, $c [2019] 300 $a xix, 107 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 20 cm 500 $a Includes Great unknown men : a Black man against Napoleon by the author and Historical context by Douglas Irving. 520 $a The three stories of the triptych concern women caught up in historical events across almost 500 years of Haitian history, beginning with the time of Christopher Columbus's exploratory voyages to the New World and ending in the 1970s with the repressive measures of the BeÌbeÌ Doc Duvalier regime. These three uncompromising portrayals of women caught up in life-threatening situations form Anna Seghers's testimony work, demonstrating her lifelong concern as a revolutionary writer to give voice to those marginalized in history. Also included here is the 1948 essay Seghers wrote about the life of Toussaint Louverture and his pivotal role in the Haitian Revolution. 650 0 $a Women revolutionaries $z Haiti $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Haiti $x History $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Haiti $x Politics and government $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Toussaint Louverture, $d 1743-1803. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Irving, Douglas, $e author. $e author. 700 1 $a Janzen, Marike, $e writer of foreward. 700 12 $a Seghers, Anna, $d 1900-1983. $t Great unknown men : a Black man against Napoleon. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220719011808.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E14499262DF611EAB868BF0597128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search