Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, including "Breath, Eyes, Memory, "an Oprah Book Club selection; "Krik? Krak!, "a National Book Award finalist; and "The Farming of Bones, "an American Book Award winner. She is also the editor of "The Butterfly's Way: Voices from the Haitian Dyaspora in the United States" and "The Beacon Best of 2000: Great Writing by Men and Women of All Colors and Cultures."
"A serious-minded work of a mature talent, a searching examination
of terror and its lingering aftershocks on generations . . .
Gripping . . . Powerful." -John Marshall, "Seattle
Post-Intelligencer"
"["The Dew Breaker"] never wavers in placing its attention on
individual lives, and as [Danticat] moves from one character to
another you feel she is holding their faces up to you . . . [An]
accomplished novel." -Jenny Shank, "Rocky Mountain News"
"[Danticat's] prose is at once stately and riveting, echoing
sincere grief for Haiti's plight and capturing the intensity of
violent times." -Jeannette J. Lee, "Associated Press"
"Filled with quiet intensity and elegant, thought-provoking prose .
. . An elegiac and powerful novel with a fresh presentation of evil
and the healing potential of forgiveness." -Champ Clark, "People
"
"[Danticat's] writing . . . transcends its subject matter in
moments of harsh poetry . . . Though Haiti's violent history is
rarely far from the surface of Danticat's work, she also celebrates
its vibrancy . . . there's an intimacy to [her] writing."
-"Associated Press "
"Perfectly formed chapters written in prose that feels like blood
moving slowly through veins . . . Startling." -Joy Press, "Village
Voice"
"With her grace and her imperishable humanity, her devotion to
lives lived like 'a pendulum between forgiveness and regret, '
[Danticat] . . . makes sadness beautiful." -Daniel Asa Rose, "The
New York Observer "
"The stories relate to one another like beautiful shards of a
broken vase . . . Haunting . . . A flawless finale . . . [Danticat]
is a master at capturing the inarticulate sorrow and bafflement
that evil inspires." -Ron Charles, "Christian Science Monitor "
"["The Dew Breaker"] delivers the pleasures of intricacy . . .
Danticat has an emotional imagination capable of evoking empathy
for both predator and prey." -Troy Patterson, "Entertainment
Weekly"
"In its varied characters, it
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