Title

Mimola or the Story of a Casket

Authors

Antoine Innocent
Susan Kalter, Illinois State University

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Description

Appearing for the first time in English, Antoine Innocent’s 1906 novel Mimola or the Story of a Casket weaves the story of Mimola, daughter of Madame Georges, who suffers from an incurable nervous disease, with an investigation of the traditions of Haitian Vodou. Desperate to end her daughter’s affliction, Madame Georges goes on a pilgrimage across Haiti to Ville-Bonheur to help her ailing daughter. Along the way, she meets a woman whose son, Léon, suffers from a similar disorder. Will their mothers’ devotion be enough to ensure the children’s recovery? Will the suffering Mimola and Léon embrace Vodou beliefs and implore the African divinities for mercy? Expertly translated from the French and including critical materials by Susan Kalter, Mimola brings Innocent’s important fin de siècle novel to Anglophone readers.

ISBN

978-0-9974041-2-8

Publication Date

Summer 7-5-2018

Publisher

Undiscovered Americas

City

Normal

Keywords

Antoine Innocent, Haiti, Vodou, Fiction, Susan Kalter, Novel

Disciplines

Fiction

Recommended Citation

Innocent, Antoine and Kalter, Susan, "Mimola or the Story of a Casket" (2018). Undiscovered Americas. 1.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/ua/1