Dévieux’s “Piano-Bar” is written using the first-person narrative, and uses Eva’s perspective, the protagonist, who is longing to arrive at the piano-bar. She is arriving with Daniel, the antagonist, who is in a sullen mood. The piano-bar is a place where many Haitians living in Quebec, Canada, congregate together to socialize, drink rum, dance, and most importantly, listen to music, both pre-recorded records of favorite groups, and live performances. “A summer twilight eternally preserved” (Dévieux, 73). Piano-bar is a place where memories are made, forever intertwined into our neural tapestry, beyond the music, smell, taste, visualizations, and our other senses weave a complex pattern, recording it onto our long-term memory effortlessly.
