Cultural books set in Haiti (3)
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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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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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What Storm, What Thunder : A Novel by Myriam J. A. Chancy EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
The story of the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, told through ten voices In this masterful literary portrait of contemporary Haiti, Myriam J. A. Chancy deftly reveals the inner lives of ten people by recounting how each survives--or fails to survive--a catastrophe. Chancy's intimate prose draws the reader into the hopes, dreams and regrets of a cast of characters in Port-au-Prince: a wealthy expat with a secret daughter; an architect who drafts affordable housing for an NGO; a small-time drug trafficker who pines for a beautiful call girl; a sex worker and her business partner who ar... continue
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