New Releases by Edwidge Danticat

From the bestselling author of Everything Inside comes a vivid, timely story, moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into question when she gets caught in a random act of violence one sunny Florida day. “Is home the place where we are born? Or is it the place where we die?” These questions haunt Magnolia, a successful Haitian American real estate agent in Miami, after she hears the terrifying sounds of gunfire while shopping for her daughter’s first-ever cell phone; she takes shelter in a restaurant called Oasis, cowering with fellow shoppers and diners, each praying to their respective gods. Once she’s safely home, Magnolia hides the fact that she was at the mall shooting from everyone close to her. But given her life back, she begins to see it all clearly, and as if for the first time—what the extraordinary bond she has with her daughter, Zoë, really means to her, and what Zoë may feel in return; what the nearly broken relationship she has with her partner, Harrison, has cost her, despite his love for her and their daughter; why her mentally troubled mother—whose unraveling patterns Magnolia worries she’s spiraling toward herself—might be so ghost-haunted; what the source of her father’s pain, and his reason for seeking solace in the arms of a mistress, really is. As Magnolia struggles through the labyrinth of her past, she must also come to terms with the losses sustained that traumatic day, losses that we all bear witness to all too often in our troubling times. Can love, can family, protect us from harm? Does optimism or fear win out in one’s heart, one’s soul? Which side will win out for Magnolia—and where does she really belong? Pulled between these questions, and her beloved, high-stakes choices and worlds—Miami or Haiti, single or married, mortal or ghost, before or after—Magnolia is one of the most compelling characters that Danticat has ever created—a narrator who is "yon pati koukouy, part firefly": shimmering, flitting between choices, drawn to the light yet emitting her own. Taking its title from the Creole word for mourning, Dèy is a profoundly warm and moving novel about the importance of sharing grief and leave-taking, but also of the ties of family—takeout dinners around a table, fresh dirt on a plant’s roots in the garden, swimming together in the azure seas. As Magnolia questions whether all has not yet been lost, Dèy celebrates the complexity of life in a brave and striking novel that is one of Danticat’s most powerful and deeply affecting works yet, told with a signature “unfaltering voice and evocative beauty” (The Boston Globe).

Amabelle, una joven huérfana haitiana, es acogida por la esposa de un coronel del ejército dominicano, quien la cría como su sirvienta. Su vida se entrelaza a la de Sébastien Onius, quien trabaja en la demandante y precaria labor de cortar caña de azúcar. Esta es una historia, situada en 1937, sobre el amor, la fragilidad, la barbarie, la dignidad, el recuerdo y el único triunfo posible para los perseguidos: resistir. En 1999 esta novela fue ganadora del American Book Award en la categoría de ficción.

A collection of exceptional new essays by one of the most significant contemporary writers on the world stage Tracing a loose arc from Edwidge Danticat’s childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in We’re Alone include personal narrative, reportage, and tributes to mentors and heroes such as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gabriel García Márquez, and James Baldwin that explore several abiding themes: environmental catastrophe, the traumas of colonialism, motherhood, and the complexities of resilience. From hurricanes to political violence, from her days as a new student at a Brooklyn elementary school knowing little English to her account of a shooting hoax at a Miami mall, Danticat has an extraordinary ability to move from the personal to the global and back again. Throughout, literature and art prove to be her reliable companions and guides in both tragedies and triumphs. Danticat is an irresistible presence on the page: full of heart, outrage, humor, clear thinking, and moral questioning, while reminding us of the possibilities of community. And so “we’re alone” is both a fearsome admission and an intimate invitation—we’re alone now, we can talk. We’re Alone is a book that asks us to think through some of the world’s intractable problems while deepening our understanding of one of the most significant novelists at work today.

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».

Coletânea de contos escritos por 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

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.

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

"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

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

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.

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.

S'inspirant de l'essai homonyme de Camus, Edwige Danticat brosse le portrait d'artistes immigrés et d'intellectuels de tous pays, partagés entre la démocratie et la dictature, entre la liberté et la répression, entre la dette qu'ils ont envers leurs pays d'accueil et le sentiment de culpabilité qu'ils nourissent envers le pays de leurs racines, victimes de crimes qui les ont poussé à fuir, mais qui continue de hanter leur art. Portrait, mais aussi témoignage d'une situation politique qui perdure en Haïti. Histoire personnelle, mais aussi réflexion sur la création en exil, apportant la preuve qu'il n'est de vraie patrie, pour l'écrivain, que la littérature.

A New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year In this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and adapted from her own lectures for Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lecture Series, here Danticat tells stories of artists who create despite (or because of) the horrors that drove them from their homelands. Combining memoir and essay, these moving and eloquent pieces examine what it means to be an artist from a country in crisis.

À la suite du tremblement de terre ayant secoué Port-au-Prince le 12 janvier 2010, un garçonnet de 7 ans se retrouve coincé sous les décombres. Il faut huit jours avant que les secours n'arrivent à le libérer de sa prison. Huit jours pendant lesquels il survit en puisant dans les souvenirs de moments heureux qu'il a partagés avec sa famille et son copain Oscar, qui périt malheureusement sous les pierres. Sur chaque double page, l'enfant partage l'un de ces moments de bonheur qui l'aident à tenir le coup : les tournois de billes, les parties de cache-cache, les histoires que lui racontaient le coiffeur, les répétitions de la chorale, les promenades dans une campagne balayée par une douce pluie, les tours de vélo autour de la statue du Marron inconnu sise devant le palais présidentiel ou encore la dégustation de mangues bien juteuses.

Junior tells of the games he played in his mind during the eight days he was trapped in his house after the devastating January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti. Includes author's note about Haitian children before the earthquake and her own children's reactions to the disaster.

Taken after the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the images in Tent Life: Haiti document the makeshift tent communities that Haitians have been forced to live in to survive. Gallery visited Haiti with seven other artists from New York, who all volunteered their time and talents to bring smiles to Haitians while photographing and filming their heartbreaking story. These portraits communicate the resilience, dignity and strength of the Haitian people surviving, living, working and vehemently not waiting for others to determine their fate.

Rêvant d'Amérique, les parents d'Edwidge Danticat quittent Haïti en 1973. Edwidge, qui n'a que quatre ans, sera élevée par son oncle Joseph, pasteur que la maladie a rendu muet mais qui n'a rien perdu de sen extraordinaire charisme. Lorsqu'elle débarque à son tour à New York, quelques années plus tard, les parents qu'elle retrouve sont devenus pour elle des quasi-inconnus. Et tandis qu'ils essaient de recomposer une famille, leur parviennent les échos d'une situation politique de plus en plus inquiétante en Haïti, L'oncle Joseph échappera de justesse au régime terrible des " tontons macoutes ". En 2004, à quatre-vingt-un ans, malade et diminué, il arrive enfin à Miami - mais ce qu'il croit être son salut va devenir son ultime calvaire. Edwidge Danticat, en rendant hommage aux siens, livre une réflexion sur les liens du sang et la violence avec laquelle l'histoire peut parfois les défaire. C'est le portrait de quelques hommes et femmes qui s'acharnent à offrir aux leurs un avenir meilleur et sont emportés dans une ronde tragique, d'exil en exil et d'un adieu à l'autre. C'est enfin, par la grâce d'une prose juste et pudique, la preuve qu'il n'est de vraie patrie, pour l'écrivain, que la littérature.

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 with history. It firmly establishes her as one of America’s most essential writers. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Edwidge Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light.

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography A National Book Award Finalist A New York Times Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her “second father,” when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America. And so she was both elated and saddened when, at twelve, she joined her parents and youngest brothers in New York City. As Edwidge made a life in a new country, adjusting to being far away from so many who she loved, she and her family continued to fear for the safety of those still in Haiti as the political situation deteriorated. In 2004, they entered into a terrifying tale of good people caught up in events beyond their control. Brother I'm Dying is an astonishing true-life epic, told on an intimate scale by one of our finest writers.

Ouvrage traduit avec le concours du Centre National du Livre. Ce roman poignant explore le monde le monde d'un Dewbreaker, un « briseur de rosée », shoukèt laroze en créole : ainsi étaient surnommés les hommes, en Haïti, du temps de Duvalier, qui pénétraient au petit matin chez les gens pour les conduire dans les prisons où ils seraient sauvagement torturés. « Ils brisent les gouttes de rosée puis ils brisent les os ». Nous rencontrons ce personnage à Brooklyn, alors qu'il a déjà un certain âge. C'est un homme tranquille, sa femme l'adore, sa fille est une jeune artiste branchée, il travaille dur dans son salon de coiffure. C'est un gentil propriétaire qui loge trois travailleurs, eux aussi originaires de Haïti, au rez-de-chaussée de sa maison. Il est connu dans le voisinage ; certains ne se doutent de rien, d'autres le craignent ou croient le reconnaître, à cause de sa terrible cicatrice en travers du visage. Tout au long du roman, les destins se croisent. On va et vient entre le Haïti de 1960 et aujourd'hui. Tel un puzzle macabre, le passé du tortionnaire est vu par ses proches, ses victimes ou leur famille, jusqu'à son dernier acte contre un prêtre. Puis sa rencontre avec une femme qui va lui offrir une sorte de rédemption -quoique imparfaite mais qui le changera à jamais : « une graine plantée dans le roc venait enfin de prendre racine ». Un roman sur la sagesse, l'amour, le remords et l'espoir, sur les révoltes tant personnelles que politiques, sur les compromis que l'on fait pour survivre malgré les blessures infligées par l'histoire. Danticat réussit l'exploit d'attirer parfois la sympathie du lecteur sur l'ex-tortionnaire et nous plonge dans les entrailles du noir passé de cette île. Elle nous amène à nous interroger sur les notions de bien et de mal et sur les limites et la nature du pardon.

It is 1937 and Amabelle Désir, a young Haitian woman living in the Dominican Republic, has built herself a life as the servant and companion of the wife of a wealthy colonel. She and Sebastien, a cane worker, are deeply in love and plan to marry. But Amabelle's world collapses when a wave of genocidal violence, driven by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo, leads to the slaughter of Haitian workers. Amabelle and Sebastien are separated, and she desperately flees the tide of violence for a Haiti she barely remembers. Already acknowledged as a classic, this harrowing story of love and survival—from one of the most important voices of her generation—is an unforgettable memorial to the victims of the Parsley Massacre and a testimony to the power of human memory.

Una oleada de violencia tiene lugar en Port-au-Prince, Haiti, como motivo de nuevas elecciones. Celiane Esperance es una joven haitiana que, junto a su madre, se ve en peligro de muerte. Este es el intrigante y apasionante relato de como se transforma la perspectiva que tiene la joven frente a su país y a su propia vida.

Set in Haiti's impoverished villages and in New York's Haitian community, this is the story of Sophie Caco, who was conceived in an act of violence, abandoned by her mother and then summoned to America. In New York, Sophie discovers that Haiti imposes harsh rules on its own. (OneSource)

An unforgettable novel that shimmers with the wonder and terror of its author's native Haiti. Set in the island's impoverished villages and in New York's Haitian community, this is the story of Sophie Caco, who was conceived in an act of violence, abandoned by her mother and then summoned to America. In New York, Sophie discovers that Haiti imposes harsh rules on its own. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.