New Releases by Edwidge Danticat

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.

Chemins d''écriture et de vie se répondent dans cet essai atypique où se croisent expériences, enfances, maternités, lectures et résistances. Témoignages d''une mère à ses filles : exil, exclusion, amour, peur... pour dire la géographie contrastée du monde. Appel à l''exigence de la vérité, de la mémoire afin de tracer les contours de demain. Nous sommes face à nos solitudes et cherchons ensemble les clefs.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

In 1937, on the Dominican side of the Haitian border, Amabelle, an orphaned maid to an army colonel''s wife, falls in love with Sebastien, an itinerant sugarcane cutter, but their relationship is threatened by the violent persecution of the Haitians

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.

In five sections—Childhood, Migration, Half/First Generation, Return, and Future—the thirty-three contributors to this anthology write movingly, often hauntingly, of their lives in Haiti and the United States. Their dyaspora, much like a butterfly''s fluctuating path, is a shifting landscape in which there is much travel between two worlds, between their place of origin and their adopted land. This compilation of essays and poetry brings together Haitian-Americans of different generations and backgrounds, linking the voices for whom English is a first language and others whose dreams will always be in French and Kreyòl. Community activists, scholars, visual artists and filmmakers join renowned journalists, poets, novelists and memoirists to produce a poignant portrayal of lives in transition. Edwidge Danticat, in her powerful introduction, pays tribute to Jean Dominique, a sometime participant in the Haitian dyaspora and a recent martyr to Haiti''s troubled politics, and the many members of the dyaspora who refused to be silenced. Their stories confidently and passionately illustrate the joys and heartaches, hopes and aspirations of a relatively new group of immigrants belonging to two countries that have each at times maligned and embraced them.

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.

Amabelle Désir, une jeune Haïtienne, est au service de la Senora 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 dune paillasse où la rejoint, le plus souvent possible, Sébastien, un coupeur de canne à sucre haïtien. 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''œuvre de mémoire et le chant lyrique d''un peuple malmené, nous entraîne au cœur de la culture haïtienne.