... These are notes for a story about a woman who brought captured runaway slaves to her house, tortured them, and then resold them. Years later, after the house is burned down, Grandma Rye comes and puts the tormented spirits there to rest. Bob Moses Mariah Grant (Grandma Rye) slavery...

... and transform motifs drawn from Islamic tradition, including those relating to the torments of the soul after death. As such, they allow Ilyas to achieve an otherwise impossible proximity to his own madness and thus, at least temporarily, to reorder his existence and resume his life in the world. mental...

... Haydée Santamaría was one of the great heroines of the Cuban Revolution. Throughout her life she was tormented by memories of being brought her brother’s eye and lover’s testicle following the attack on Moncada Barracks. The regime wanted to make her divulge Fidel’s whereabouts. She defied her...

... Street Charles Freeney These are notes for a story about a woman who brought captured runaway slaves to her house, tortured them, and then resold them. Years later, after the house is burned down, Grandma Rye comes and puts the tormented spirits there to rest. Bob Moses Mariah Grant...