Books by Edwidge Danticat (12)
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¿Cric? crac! by Edwidge Danticat ES
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
¿Cric? ¡Crac! es una recopilación de nueve cuentos en los que se explora la manera como los recuerdos son transmitidos de generación en generación, para conservar el patrimonio cultural de un pueblo atormentado.
En un Haití asolado por la violencia se desarrollan los primeros siete relatos, marcados por la muerte, el sufrimiento y el valor de las mujeres que parecen impotentes ante el terrorismo arrasador de los regímenes dictatoriales. Sin embargo, en ¿Cric? ¡Crac! el amor surge como una luz esperanzadora que le permitirá a ... continue
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Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
Oprah's Book Club.
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Claire de Luz Marina by Edwidge Danticat ES
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
Unos meses antes del nacimiento de Claire de Luz Marina, mientras nadaba en el mar durante una pesca nocturna, su madre mira hacia el cerro Anthère. Ve las luces de sus mansiones brillar, formando racimos a la distancia. En lo alto, un poco más abajo de la loma embrujada Mòn Initil, parpadea el antiguo faro. Avanza entre los peces, partiendo en dos la superficie iluminada del mar, y a su paso las algas centellantes se desvanecen como en un espejismo. Las numerosas chozas de madera frente a la playa, con sus techos de paja y hojalata, completan la vista hacia el pueblo Vill... continue
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Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
"The interconnected secrets of a coastal Haitian town are revealed when one little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, goes missing"--
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Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year In this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and adapted from her own lectures for Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lecture Series, here Danticat tells stories of artists who create despite (or because of) the horrors that drove them from their homelands. Combining memoir and essay, these moving and eloquent pieces examine what it means to be an artist from a country in crisis. BONUS MATERIAL: This edition includes an excerpt from E... continue
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Everything Inside : Stories by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
From the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light and Brother, I'm Dying comes a long-awaited return to fiction: a gorgeous collection of stories about community, family, and love.
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Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
When Haitians tell a story, they say "Krik?" and the eager listeners answer "Krak!" In Krik? Krak! In her second novel, Edwidge Danticat establishes herself as the latest heir to that narrative tradition with nine stories that encompass both the cruelties and the high ideals of Haitian life. They tell of women who continue loving behind prison walls and in the face of unfathomable loss; of a people who resist the brutality of their rulers through the powers of imagination. The result is a collection that outrages, saddens, and transports the reader with its sheer beauty.
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Palabras, Ojos, Memoria by Edwidge Danticat ES
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
Set in Haiti's impoverished villages and in New York's Haitian community, this is the story of Sophie Caco, who was conceived in an act of violence, abandoned by her mother and then summoned to America. In New York, Sophie discovers that Haiti imposes harsh rules on its own. (OneSource)
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The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
We meet him late in life: a quiet man, a good father and husband, a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a landlord and barber with a terrifying scar across his face. As the book unfolds, moving seamlessly between Haiti in the 1960s and New York City today, we enter the lives of those around him, and learn that he has also kept a vital, dangerous secret. Edwidge Danticat’s brilliant exploration of the “dew breaker”--or torturer--s an unforgettable story of love, remorse, and hope; of personal and political rebellions; and of the compromises we make to move beyond the most intimate brushes wit... continue
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The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
It is 1937, and Amabelle Desir is a young Haitian woman working as a maid for a wealthy family in the Dominican Republic, across the border from her homeland. The Republic, under the iron rule of the Generalissimo, treats the Haitians as second-class citizens, and although Amabelle feels a strong sense of loyalty to her employers, especially since her own parents drowned crossing the river from Haiti, racial tensions are heightened when Amabelle's boss accidentally kills a Haitian in a car accident. The accident is a catalyst for a systematic round-up of Haitians, ostensibly for repatriation b... continue