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The Noose: A Play

The Noose: A Play

Frankétienne
Charles, Asselin
Jonassaint, Jean

Paperback

Series: Global Black Writers in Translation

Literary CriticismPlays

Publisher Price: $24.95

ISBN10: 0826500048
ISBN13: 9780826500045
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: May 15 2026
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.61 Depth: 8.49
Language: English
The Noose (also known as Pèlin-Tèt) focuses on the lives of two Haitian immigrants living in a grubby basement apartment in New York City in 1978. One, Polydor, is a middle-class intellectual and political refugee. The other, Pyram, is a lower-class laborer. For the sake of saving money, the two have been sharing the apartment for three years. While Pyram is away working, Polydor apparently does nothing but read books on political theory. His source of funds remains a mystery.

With recent productions in Canada and the United States, the publication of this play in English will provide a new generation of audiences access to this important text, accompanied by an introduction by translator Asselin Charles and an afterword by Jean Jonassaint, both preeminent scholars of Frankétienne's literary output.

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