Edwidge Danticat
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| Title | : | Krik? Krak! |
| Author | : | Edwidge Danticat |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 224 pages |
| Published | : | April 2nd 1996 by Vintage (first published April 1st 1996) |
| Categories | : | Short Stories. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature |
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At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new writers. She is an artist who evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti--and the enduring strength of Haiti's women--with a vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people's suffering and courage. When Haitians tell a story, they say "Krik?" and the eager listeners answer "Krak!" In Krik? Krak! 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.Describe Books During Krik? Krak!
| Original Title: | Krik? Krak! |
| ISBN: | 067976657X (ISBN13: 9780679766575) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Award Finalist for Fiction (1995) |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 7127 Users | 610 ReviewsColumn Regarding Books Krik? Krak!
Danticat offers a beautiful rendering of Haitian life, in a novel that utterly evokes the many shades of suffering. Tears, the author demonstrates, are life. Tears are words. Tears heal the pains of the past. Stylistically, I feel that Danticat implemented a structure that absolutely suits her writing--there are separate strands of stories, implying the individuality of angst and emotion; yet these parts are unified by being braided together by the commonality of vibrant Haitian culture andLet's start with the opening story, "Children of the Sea." Imbued with dread, but with the sort of irrational hope that characterizes all wanderers and exiles, it's something of a wonder. If only the remainder of the book followed up on this promise. The rest of the stories struck me as merely OK, and all too often fell into the oft-repeated, thoroughly marketable tropes of "immigrant family fiction," (the Rebellious American Daughter, the Betrayal of Communitarian Tradition, etc. etc.). If
This book was really a mixed bag for me. Some of the short stories are really engrossing, interesting, and meaningful, while others were vague, puzzling, and dull. If you are from Haiti, or are studying that country, then this book will be a lot more useful and enlightening for you than it was for me, but a lot of the historical aspects of the book were really lacking in context for the average American reader.If you come to this book with no knowledge of the country, then most of this is
She then gave me the pillow, my mother's pillow. It was open, half-filled with my mother's hair. Each time they shaved her head, my mother had kept the hair for her pillow. I hugged the pillow against my chest, feeling some of the hair rising in clouds of dark dust into my nostrils. -48She nearly didn't marry him because it was said that people with angular hairlines often have very troubled lives. -65He always slaps the mosquitoes dead on his face without even waking. In the morning, he will
in Krik? Krak! Edwidge Danticat successfully defines Haitian identity through various young women in different short stories by telling of their hardships and struggles. This novel is harrowing and at the same time uplifting because reading of these women's lives is humbling to anyone who has only ever known freedom, yet their strength and determination to attain true freedom lifts the reader up. Krik? Krak! embodies the strength of the Haitian identity through women. Cold reality told with
!!! blog review: http://africanbookaddict.com/2015/08/...I really liked this! It was the perfect summer read, especially since most of the short stories in this collection take place in Haiti - the island with the indigo blue skies and the sandy beaches. It is very evident that Danticat wrote this from her heart and I felt her love for her island in every story. My fave stories were: Children of the Sea (tender tale of two lovers separated by political violence and the sea) ; Between the Pool
Heartbreaking and beautiful collection of short stories.
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