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Breath, Eyes, Memory

of Edwidge Danticat

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At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new novelists, a writer 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.  At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished village of Croix-des-Rosets to New York, to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti--to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence, in a novel that bears witness to the traditions, suffering, and wisdom of an entire people.

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Book Details

  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 234 pages
  • Publisher Vintage
  • Publication Date May 18th 1998
  • First Publication 04/01/94
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780375705045
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category Fiction
  • Scenario ['Haiti', 'New York State (United States)']

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