Lyonel Trouillot

• Jun-2026
• / General Fiction

This vibrant collection of 22 stories offers a kaleidoscopic view of Haiti and a wonderful encapsulation of the acclaimed author’s work. In a country plagued by dictatorship and insurrection, poverty and corruption, where police officers and g...

• Apr-2026
• / Literary

Following Trouillot's earlier novels, Kannjawou and Antoine of Gommiers, each of which gave voices to a variety of dispossessed characters out of Haitian life and lore, The Old Woman of Calvary Hill completes the trilogy with this magical realism nar...

• Apr-2023
• / Literary

Who is Antoine of Gommiers? A prophet, seer, matchmaker, trickster, or huckster-- or does he even exist? In this satirical novel tinged with magical realism, Haitian novelist Lyonel Trouillot (Kannjawou) paints a richly textured portrait of life in h...

• Mar-2019
• / Literary

In this energetic celebration of Haiti and its capital in the early 2000s, Trouillot embodies the nation's indomitable spirit in the voice of his narrator. This anonymous, world-weary, 20-something male student keenly depicts a country entering a new...

• May-2008
• / Literary

Their father’s favorite saying, between drinks and blows, was, “Life holds only bad surprises, and the last one will be death.” And now, Colin observes of the man sprawled under all the broken furniture, their father was definitely and forever ...

• Nov-2003
• / General Fiction

Lyonel Trouillot’s harrowing novel depicts a night of blazing violence in modern-day Port-au-Prince and recalls hundreds of years of violence stretching back even before the birth of Haiti in the fires of revolution. Three narrators -- a madam, a t...

• Nov-2003
• / Literary

Lyonel Trouillot’s harrowing novel depicts a night of blazing violence in modern-day Port-au-Prince and recalls hundreds of years of violence stretching back even before the birth of Haiti in the fires of revolution. Three narrators -- a madam, a t...