New Releases by Edwidge Danticat

Perfect for readers of all ages, this captivating picture book teaches children about iguanas’ unique behaviors while celebrating the bonds between generations and the wonders of the natural world. ON A RARE CHILLY DAY IN MIAMI, Florida, young Leila sets off for school bundled up in her bright red jacket. But this isn’t just any cold day—her grandmother, Grandma Issa, gives her an unusual warning: “Watch out for falling iguanas.” As Leila navigates her morning, she can’t stop thinking about Grandma’s strange words. From remembering dodging coconuts and seeing her parents’ car being held up by chickens crossing the road to admiring roaming peacocks, Leila’s day is full of curious encounters. But nothing prepares her for the moment she sees an iguana drop from a tree. Join Leila, her close friends, and her teacher Ms. Benoit on an unexpected adventure as they discover why these tropical creatures fall from trees during cold snaps. With charming illustrations by acclaimed Jamaican artist Rachel Moss and a truly heartwarming story, Watch Out for Falling Iguanas is a delightful tale about family, friendship, and the surprises nature can bring.

With new introduction from Booker-prize-winning Bernardine Evaristo ''A vision of female solidarity which transcends place and time'' Sunday Times Edwidge Danticat''s groundbreaking debut. At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village 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 her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti - and the enduring strength of Haiti''s women - with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people''s suffering and courage.

Edwidge Danticat es una de las voces más punzantes de la literatura contemporánea norteamericana. Todo lo que hay dentro reúne ocho de sus relatos publicados en las revistas literarias más prestigiosas del mundo angloparlante, entre ellas Granta, The New Yorker y The Washington Post Magazine. En 2020 el volumen obtuvo el premio del National Book Critics Circle de Estados Unidos y el Story Prize, lo que convirtió a la autora en la primera persona en recibir ese reconocimiento por segunda vez. Sensibles y a la vez feroces, estos cuentos agitan la mirada progresista y bienintencionada hacia quienes forman las comunidades inmigrantes: los que han tenido «éxito» en su integración, pero también esos otros que no han encontrado en su nuevo país una alternativa al dolor y el sacrificio que luchaban por dejar atrás. El estilo de Danticat, franco y compasivo, pleno de sutilezas, cala hondo y tiene un efecto duradero; su voz es una compañía y un recordatorio de que «A veces uno se desvía para ir a donde necesita llegar».

APAÑADO é uma coletânea de contos de autoras latino-americanas e caribenhas contemporâneas. Os 14 textos são de: Alejandra Zina (Argentina), Carla Piazzi (Brasil), Claudia Hernández (El Salvador), Claudia Ulloa Donoso (Peru), Edwidge Danticat (Haiti), Elena Poniatowska Amor (México), Inés Fernández Moreno (Argentina), Ivelisse Rodriguez (Porto Rico), Jamaica Kincaid (Antígua), Jarid Arraes (Brasil), Liliana Colanzi (Bolívia), Lina Meruane (Chile), Mayra Santos-Febres (Porto Rico) e Silvana Tavano (Brasil). Editora: Incompleta Organização e traduções: Laura Del Rey e Raquel Dommarco Pedrão Apresentação: Leticia Pilger da Silva Preparação e revisão de textos: Aline Caixeta Rodrigues Catalogação: Ruth Simão Paulino Publicado em março de 2022. Saiba mais em https://incompleta.com.br.

No dia do aniversário de sete anos de Claire Limyè Lanmè, seu pai decide entregá-la para uma vendedora de tecidos para que ela dê à menina uma vida melhor. Pouco a pouco, somos apresentados a outros moradores do vilarejo de Claire, e um mundo de lembranças que deveriam permanecer enterrados vem à tona. Como num tecido, as vidas da história se entrelaçam, revelando algo da tragédia de todos eles, mas também momentos de força e esperança.

Whose lives count as fully human? The answer matters for everyone, disabled or not. The ancient Greek ideal linked physical wholeness to moral wholeness - the virtuous citizen was "beautiful and good." It''s an ideal that has all too often turned deadly, casting those who do not measure up as less than human. In the pre-Christian era, infants with disabilities were left on the rocks; in modern times, they have been targeted by eugenics. Much has changed, thanks to the tenacious advocacy of the disability rights movement. Yesteryear''s hellish institutions have given way to customized educational programs and assisted living centers. Public spaces have been reconfigured to improve access. Therapies and medical technology have advanced rapidly in sophistication and effectiveness. Protections for people with disabilities have been enshrined in many countries'' antidiscrimination laws. But these victories, impressive as they are, mask other realities that collide awkwardly with society''s avowals of equality. Why are parents choosing to abort a baby likely to have a disability? Why does Belgian law allow for euthanasia in cases of disability, even absent a terminal diagnosis or physical pain? Why, when ventilators were in short supply during the first Covid wave, did some states list disability as a reason to deny care? On this theme: - Heonju Lee tells how his son with Down syndrome saved another child''s life. - Molly McCully Brown and Victoria Reynolds Farmer recount their personal experiences with disability. - Amy Julia Becker says meritocracies fail because they value the wrong things. - Maureen Swinger asks six mothers around the world about raising a child with disabilities. - Joe Keiderling documents the unfinished struggle for disability rights. - Isaac T. Soon wonders if Saint Paul''s "thorn in the flesh" was a disability. - Leah Libresco Sargeant reviews What Can a Body Do? and Making Disability Modern. - Sarah C. Williams says testing for fetal abnormalities is not a neutral practice. Also in the issue: - Ross Douthat is brought low by intractable Lyme disease. - Edwidge Danticat flees an active shooter in a packed mall. - Eugene Vodolazkin finds comic relief at funerals, including his own father''s. - Kelsey Osgood discovers that being an Orthodox Jew is strange, even in Brooklyn. - Christian Wiman pens three new poems. - Susannah Black profiles Flannery O''Conner. - Our writers review Eyal Press''s Dirty Work, Steve Coll''s Directorate S, and Millennial Nuns by the Daughters of Saint Paul. Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to apply their faith to the challenges we face. Each issue includes in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art.

Canwe move beyond borders that divide us without losing our identity? Overthe past decade, theyearning for rootedness, for being part of a story bigger than oneself, hasflared up as a cultural force to be reckoned with. There''s much to affirm in thisdesire to belong to a people. That means pride in all that is admirable in thenation to which we belong - and repentance for its historic sins. Afocus on national identity, ofcourse, can lead to darker places. The new nationalists, who in Westerncountries often appeal to the memory of a Christian past, applaud whengovernments fortify borders to keep out people who are fleeing for their lives.(Needless to say, such actions are contrary to the Christian faith.) Is ouryearning for roots doomed to lead to a heartless politics of exclusion? Doesmaintaining group or national identity require borders guarded with lethalviolence? Theanswer isn''t artificial schemes for universal brotherhood, such as a universal language. Our differencesare what make a community human. Might the true ground for community lie deepereven than shared nationality or language? After all, the biblical vision ofhumankind''s ultimate future has "every tribe and language and people andnation" coming together - beyond all borders but still as themselves. In this issue: - Santiago Ramosdescribes a double homelessness immigrant children experience as outsiders inboth countries. - Ashley Lucasprofiles a Black Panther imprisoned for life and looks at the impact on hisfamily. - Simeon Wiehlerhelps a museum repatriate a thousand human skulls collected by a colonialist. - Yaniv Sageecalls Zionism back to its founding vision of a shared society withPalestinians. - StephanieSaldaña finds the lost legendary chocolates of Damascus being crafted in Texas. - EdwidgeDanticat says storytelling builds a home that no physical separation can takeaway. - Phographer RiverClaure reimagines Saint-Exupéry''s LePetit Prince as an Aymara fairy tale. - Ann Thomas tellsof liminal experiences while helping families choose a cemetery plot. - Russell Moorechallenges the church to reclaim its integrity and staunch an exodus. You''ll also find: - Prize-winning poemsby Mhairi Owens, Susan de Sola, and Forester McClatchey - A profile of Japanesepeacemaker Toyohiko Kagawa - Reviews ofFredrik deBoer''s The Cult of Smart,Anna Neima''s The Utopians, and AmorTowles''s The Lincoln Highway - Insights onfollowing Jesus from E. Stanley Jones, Barbara Brown Taylor, Teresa of Ávila,Oscar Romero, Martin Luther King Jr., Eberhard Arnold, Leonardo Boff, MeisterEckhart, C. S. Lewis, Hermas, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer Plough Quarterly features stories,ideas, and culturefor people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-deptharticles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus''message into practice and find common cause with others.

See below for English description. Préparez-vous à découvrir 300 merveilles loufoques, faits divers et statistiques sur les sciences, les animaux, la géographie, l''espace et plus encore! Ces livres remplis de faits sont très populaires et très appréciés dans les classes, les bibliothèques, à la maison et partout ailleurs! Une lecture rapide qui satisfait la curiosité et enrichit l''amour de la lecture. There''s nothing that a mother can''t fix. Whether it''s a bump on the knee or a bad day at school, mom always has the remedy! There''s no shortage of tricks up her sleeve; a cozy cup of hot chocolate, a comforting bubble bath, or a big bear hug. How will this mom comfort her child to turn a bad day into the best day? This heartwarming picture book by award-winning author Edwidge Danticat and illustrator Shannon Wright beautifully depicts the special relationship between a mother and child. This masterpiece is perfect for Mother''s Day and any day! Original title: My Mommy Medicine

Da un’autrice tra le più prestigiose della letteratura americana, vincitrice di numerosi premi, una raccolta di racconti ambientati sia a Haiti, sia a Miami, sede principale della diaspora haitiana. Otto storie di grande intensità sull’amore, l’amicizia, l’abbandono, la nostalgia. Un innamoramento imprevisto tra due persone amiche che riesce a guarirle dalle loro ferite, un matrimonio che finisce con conseguenze irreparabili, due amanti che si ritrovano dopo una terribile tragedia che ha sconvolto il loro paese, una festa familiare che riunisce tre generazioni in una sorta di balletto precario tra il vecchio e il nuovo, un uomo vicino a morire che rivive i momenti chiave della vita che sta per lasciare. Sono questi i temi su cui si snoda la creatività e la grande maestria di Edwige Danticat in un libro ricco di saggezza e umanità, intimo e vasto al tempo stesso, in cui l’autrice esplora le forze che ci attirano gli uni agli altri o ci separano, a volte nello stesso drammatico istante.

A chilling noir collection featuring fifteen crime and mystery tales and six poems from female authors. Joyce Carol Oates, a queen-pin of the noir genre, has brought her keen and discerning eye to the curation of an outstanding anthology of brand-new top-shelf short stories (and poems by Margaret Atwood!). While bad men are not always the victims in these tales, they get their due often enough to satisfy readers who are sick and tired of the gendered status quo, or who just want to have a little bit of fun at the expense of a crumbling patriarchal society. This stylistically diverse collection will make you squirm in your seat, stay up at night, laugh out loud, and inevitably wish for more. With stories by: Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood (poems), Valerie Martin, Aimee Bender, Edwidge Danticat, Sheila Kohler, S.A. Solomon, S.J. Rozan, Lucy Taylor, Cassandra Khaw, Bernice L. McFadden, Jennifer Morales, Elizabeth McCracken, Livia Llewellyn, Lisa Lim, and Steph Cha. Praise for Cutting Edge “The indefatigable Joyce Carol Oates gathers a strong list of names . . . . Emerging and established authors provide attention-grabbing short works: especially notable are Edwidge Danticat''s story on the quotidian horror of domestic violence, Bernice L. McFadden’s comic take on the appropriation of racial friendship, and Lisa Lim’s illustrations of a grotesque marriage.” —Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine “But of course, in the end, it isn''t the themes or the innovations on the format of the short story anthology that make the tales collected in Cutting Edge most “feel” as if you were reading Joyce Carol Oates herself. It is the writing. The tight plots and fresh, flowing prose that go about their business until—snap!—the story’s well-oiled mousetrap does its job.” —New York Journal of Books “The 15 stories and six poems in this slim yet weighty all-original noir anthology . . . are razor-sharp and relentless in their portrayal of life, offering snapshots of dysfunction, everyday toil, and brief joy. It is unusual, however, in its scope, zeroing in not only on what the female characters endure but what they dish out . . . . Each story sears but does not cauterize, leaving protagonists and readers raw . . . . Fans of contemporary crime fiction won’t want to miss this one.” —Publishers Weekly

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • "Unforgettable tales of families and lovers—from Haiti to Miami, Brooklyn, and beyond—often struggling with grief, loss, and missed connections.” —Vanity Fair • REESE''S BOOK CLUB PICK A romance unexpectedly sparks between two wounded friends. A marriage ends for what seem like noble reasons, but with irreparable consequences. A young woman holds on to an impossible dream even as she fights for her survival. Two lovers reunite after unimaginable tragedy, both for their country and in their lives. A baby’s christening brings three generations of a family to a precarious dance between old and new. A man falls to his death in slow motion, reliving the defining moments of the life he is about to lose. Set in locales from Miami and Port-au-Prince to a small unnamed country in the Caribbean and beyond, here are eight emotionally absorbing stories, rich with hard-won wisdom and humanity. At once wide in scope and intimate, Everything Inside explores with quiet power and elegance the forces that pull us together or drive us apart, sometimes in the same searing instant.

Food - how it''s grown, how it''s shared - makes us who we are. This issue traces the connections between farm and food, between humus and human. According to the first book of the Bible, tending the earth was humankind''s first task: "The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed" (Gen. 2:8). The desire to get one''s hands dirty raising one''s own food, then, doesn''t just come from modern romanticism, but is built into human nature. The title, "The Welcome Table," comes from a spiritual first sung by enslaved African-Americans. The song refers to the Bible''s closing scene, the wedding feast of the Lamb described in the Book of Revelation, to which every race, tribe, and tongue are invited - a divine pledge of a day of freedom and freely shared plenty, of earth renewed and humanity restored. In the case of food, the symbol is the substance. Every meal, if shared generously and with radical hospitality, is already now a taste of the feast to come. Also in this issue: poetry by Luci Shaw; reviews of books by Julia Child, Robert Farrar Capon, Peter Mayle, Albert Woodfox, and Maria von Trapp; and art by Michael Naples, Sieger Köder, Carl Juste, André Chung, Ángel Bracho, Winslow Homer, Raymond Logan, Sybil Andrews, Cameron Davidson, and Jason Landsel. Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus'' message into practice and find common cause with others.

My Mommy Medicine is a picture book about the comfort and love a mama offers when her child isn''t feeling well, from renowned author Edwidge Danticat. Whenever I am sick, Or just feel kind of gloomy or sad, I can always count on my Mommy Medicine. When a child wakes up feeling sick, she is treated to a good dose of Mommy Medicine. Her remedy includes a yummy cup of hot chocolate; a cozy, bubble-filled bath time; and unlimited snuggles and cuddles. Mommy Medicine can heal all woes and make any day the BEST day! Award-winning memoirist Edwidge Danticat''s rich and lyrical text envelops the reader in the security of a mother''s love, and debut artist Shannon Wright''s vibrant art infuses the story with even more warmth. A Parent''s Choice Recommended Award Winner 2019 2020 Bank Street College of Education Best Children''s Books of the Year List

What if Martin Luther King Jr., this name-branded, oft-sanitized preacher from Atlanta, is a prophet whose message America has yet to fully reckon with? Ten days before Martin Luther King Jr.''s assassination, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel said, "Where in America today do we hear a voice like the voice of the prophets of Israel? Martin Luther King is a sign that God has not forsaken the United States of America. God has sent him to us." What if Heschel''s words about King are true? What if this name-branded, oft-sanitized, Super-Bowl-ad-commercialized, National-Mall-memorialized preacher from Atlanta . . . is a prophet whose message America has yet to fully reckon with? This issue of Plough Quarterly looks at King''s unfinished struggle against the three evils of racism, materialism, and militarism. Perspectives from Edwidge Danticat, Gary Dorrien, Brandon M. Terry, D. L. Mayfield, Eugene Rivers, and Susannah Heschel explore the ways King''s message of nonviolence, justice, and love of neighbor still matters today: to refugees and immigrants, soldiers and veterans, preachers and prisoners, black lives matter activists and the white working class. Also in this issue: original poetry by Naomi Shihab Nye; reviews of new books by James Forman Jr., Steve Krivák, Jim Forest, and Christopher de Hamel; and art by Yvan Lamothe, Roberson Joseph, Barry Moser, Benny Andrews, Zoe Cromwell, Julian Peters, Asuka Hishiki, Mark Smith, Mary Kang, Marc Chagall,John Partipilo, Yuri Kozyrev, Vinicius Barajas, Iain Stewart, Giovanni Bellini. Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus'' message into practice and find common cause with others.

Danticat moves outward from the shock of her mother''s cancer diagnosis and sifts through her own writing life and personal history, all the while shifting fluidly through works of literature which circle the many incarnations of death, from individual to large-scale catastrophes. She ends with a heartrending prayer in the voice of her mother.

A Vintage Shorts Travel Selection Growing up in Haiti, Edwidge Danticat kept well clear of carnival—terrified by the stories of danger and debauchery that her uncle told her. Decades later, a grown woman and accomplished author, she returns home to find out what she’s been missing. In this selection from After the Dance, Danticat fuses her present-day observations with her own childhood memories and weaves a deeply personal reflection on the home she left behind. Through conversations with other attendees and her own deft reporting, she takes readers into the very heart of the festival. A Walk Through Carnival is as much memoir as it is travelogue; and, in these pages, the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Brother, I’m Dying brings the electric spirit of carnival vividly to life. An eBook short.

“A genuinely moving exploration of the pain of separation” from the New York Times-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist (The New York Times Book Review). NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work 2015 VOYA Magazine Perfect Ten CCBC Choices List Selection Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2016 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens Selection Giselle Boyer and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be, even as their family seems to be unraveling. Then the Boyers have a tragic encounter that will shatter everyone’s world forever. Giselle wakes up in the hospital, injured and unable to speak or move. Trapped in the prison of her own body, Giselle must revisit her past in order to understand how the people closest to her—her friends, her parents, and above all, Isabelle, her twin—have shaped and defined her. Will she allow her love for her family and friends to lead her to recovery? Or will she remain lost in a spiral of longing and regret? Untwine is a spellbinding tale, lyrical and filled with love, mystery, humor, and heartbreak. Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat brings her extraordinary talent to this graceful and unflinching examination of the bonds of friendship, romance, family, the horrors of loss, and the strength we must discover in ourselves when all seems hopeless. “While Danticat fully grounds Giselle in her identity as a Haitian-American teen in Miami, this gentle young artist could speak to any teen anywhere coping with a major loss.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist After Saya''s mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother''s warm greeting on their answering machine. To ease the distance between them while she’s in jail, Mama begins sending Saya bedtime stories inspired by Haitian folklore on cassette tape. Moved by her mother''s tales and her father''s attempts to reunite their family, Saya writes a story of her own—one that just might bring her mother home for good. With stirring illustrations, this tender tale shows the human side of immigration and imprisonment—and shows how every child has the power to make a difference.

Am Morgen hatte sie noch wie jedes Jahr mit ihrem Vater Nozias das Grab der Mutter besucht. Jetzt ist die siebenjährige Claire spurlos verschwunden, am Strand von Ville Rose auf Haiti. Nozias, der Fischer, träumte von einer besseren Zukunft für seine Tochter, frei von Armut und Gewalt. Sie sollte ihr Heimatdorf verlassen, von einer reichen Tuchhändlerin adoptiert werden. Ist Claire deshalb geflohen? Die haitianisch-amerikanische Autorin Danticat erzählt märchenhaft und doch realistisch von Ville Rose, ein Ort, wo Bäume in den Himmel fliegen und Frösche in der Hitze explodieren, und einem Mädchen, das sich nach Familie und Geborgenheit sehnt

“Composed in the wake of the devastating earthquake of January 2010, this inspired child’s-eye view will leave no reader or listener unmoved.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From the New York Times-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist comes a brilliantly crafted story of hope and imagination—a powerful tribute to Haiti and children around the world . . . While Junior is trapped for 8 days beneath his collapsed house after an earthquake, he uses his imagination for comfort. Drawing on beautiful, everyday-life memories, Junior paints a sparkling picture of Haiti for each of those days—flying kites with his best friend or racing his sister around St. Marc’s Square—helping him through the tragedy until he is finally rescued. Love and hope dance across each page—granting us a way to talk about resilience as a family, a classroom, or a friend. “An uplifting story, told in the ingenuous voice of Junior, a boy pulled from the rubble of his former home eight days after the earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince in January 2010 . . . a moving celebration of hope, determination, and resilience.” —Publishers Weekly “Focusing on one child who survived the 2010 disaster in Haiti, this beautiful and touching picture book is a true testament to the spirit of the people of this nation.” —School Library Journal “Their moving storytelling personalizes the dramatic news stories of the disaster with a close-up, fictionalized narrative of one child’s experience.” —Booklist

The series dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America starts off with a moving novel of one family’s struggles in Haiti and New York. It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Espérance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New York. The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents’ struggle to earn a living, her brother’s uneasy adjustment to American society, and her own encounters with learning difficulties and school violence. “The excellence of the writing and the resilient outlook of both first-person fictions set a high standard for this series.” —The Horn Book “The author captures the color and texture of Haitian life as well as the heroine’s adjustment to New York. While readers may want to hear more about her experiences in Brooklyn, they will appreciate the truthfulness of the family’s struggle to reconnect.” —Publishers Weekly

The New York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award finalist delivers a powerful Royal Diaries volume with the story of Haiti’s heroic queen. With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti’s beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island’s rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492.The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people. “A gripping story that shows European invasion from a native Caribbean viewpoint . . . readers will connect with Danticat’s immediate, poetic language, Anacaona’s finely drawn growing pains, and the powerful, graphic story that adds a vital perspective to the literature about Columbus and European expansion in the Americas.” —Booklist “Explores the life of a proud, young Taíno woman as she grows into rulership, love, and motherhood . . . The arrival of Columbus’s explorers marks a major turning point in the novel, and Danticat shifts from a languid, poetic style to a tense, high gear that makes it difficult to put the book down.” —Historical Novel Society

Amabelle Désir, une jeune Haïtienne, est au service de la Señora Valencia, une "Espagnole" dominicaine. L''une est noire, l''autre blanche. Elles ont été élevées ensemble, partageant chambre, jeux et secrets. Jusqu''à ce que Valencia épouse Pico Duarte, un officier de la garde de Rafael Trujillo, le terrible dictateur de Saint-Domingue. Alors, leur différence de couleur de peau et de classe est devenue réalité. Amabelle, depuis, se contente d''une paillasse où la rejoint, le plus souvent possible, Sébastien, un coupeur de canne à sucre häitien. Un matin d''août 1937, Valencia accouche de jumeaux, un garçon, Rafi, "la peau couleur de crème de coco", et une fille, Rosalinda, "la peau d''un bronze profond, à mi-chemin entre le brun des noix du Brésil et le salsifis noir". Deux enfants à l''image de la dualité de l''île d''Hispaniola, partagée entre Haïti l''Africaine et Saint-Domingue l''Européenne. Terrible confrontation qui s''achèvera, cette année-là, par le massacre de 20 000 Haïtiens, coupeurs de canne et domestiques. Edwidge Danticat, pour son deuxième roman, fait preuve d''une magnifique maîtrise. Elle emmène le lecteur dans un monde aussi lumineux que tourmenté, aussi cruel que sublime, tendre et violent, basculant des cauchemars les plus sanglants aux désordres amoureux. La Récolte douce des larmes, entre l''oeuvre de mémoire et le chant lyrique d''un peuple malmené, nous entraîne au coeur de la culture haïtienne. Edwidge Danticat est née en Haïti en 1969 et est partie pour les Etats-Unis à l''âge de douze ans. Son premier roman, Le cri de l''oiseau rouge (Pygmalion, 1995), a été suivi d''un recueil de nouvelles, Krik ? Krak ! (Pygmalion, 1996.) Edwidge Danticat a été citée parmi les " 20 meilleurs jeunes écrivains américains " par la revue Granta en 1996. Elle vit à New York.

Célimène. Conte de fée pour fille d’immigrante raconte l’histoire de Célimène, orpheline, qui vit avec son frère cadet Mo à Pik Rose. Fille de paysans, elle connaît les secrets des rivières, des plantes et des animaux. La vie suit son cours jusqu’à ce que survienne Zaken, qui la demande en mariage. Elle quitte alors son village natal pour suivre son mari, selon la coutume. Célimène vit là-bas de multiples aventures, et aussi quelques surprises : Zaken, qu’elle croyait être un simple paysan, s’avère être le chef du village, et il entretient une relation mystérieuse avec Liya, une phénoménale anaconda de 12 mètres de long. Pour survivre, Célimène apprend à se battre et à inventer l’espoir. Dans cette aventure, elle apprend aussi ce qu’est l’exil : changer de pays, changer de peau sans pour autant disparaître. Dans ce conte touchant où s’entremêlent amour et jalousie, tolérance et révolte, Edwidge Danticat offre avec grâce et discrétion, comme dans une peinture primitive, des scènes de vie d’une famille paysanne qui découvre à travers maintes épreuves la douleur de l’exil.

Louis-Philippe Dalembert was born in Port-au-Prince in 1962. The author of numerous works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, he has lived and taught in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Robert H. McCormick Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Literature and Creative Writing at Franklin University Switzerland. Edwidge Danticat, author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Brother, I''m Dying, is a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a MacArthur Genius Grant.

From the national bestselling author of Brother, I’m Dying and The Dew Breaker: a “fiercely beautiful” novel (Los Angeles Times) that brings us deep into the intertwined lives of a small seaside town where a little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, has gone missing. Just as her father makes the wrenching decision to send her away for a chance at a better life, Claire Limyè Lanmè—Claire of the Sea Light—suddenly disappears. As the people of the Haitian seaside community of Ville Rose search for her, painful secrets, haunting memories, and startling truths are unearthed. In this stunning novel about intertwined lives, Edwidge Danticat crafts a tightly woven, breathtaking tapestry that explores the mysterious bonds we share—with the natural world and with one another.