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M. Munro (dir.), Edwidge Danticat: A Reader's Guide

M. Munro (dir.), Edwidge Danticat: A Reader's Guide

Publié le par Frédérique Fleck (Source : Martin Munro)

Edwidge Danticat: A Reader's Guide

Edited by Martin Munro
Foreword by Dany Laferrière

University of Virginia Press, 2010, 288 p

  • Cloth ISBN 978-0-8139-3021-3 • $55.00
  • Paper ISBN 978-0-8139-3022-0 • $22.50

Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994), the novel born from Edwidge Danticat's childhood in Haiti and immigration to New York City, was one of the great literary debuts of recent times, marking the emergence of an impressive talent in addition to opening up an entire culture to a broad general readership. This gifted author went on to win the American Book Award in 1999 for her novel, The Farming of Bones (1998), attracting further critical acclaim.

Offering an accessible guide for readers and critics alike, this book is the first publication devoted entirely to Danticat's unique and remarkable work. It is also distinctive in that it addresses all of her published writing up to The Dew Breaker (2004), including her writing for children, her travel writing, her short fiction, and her novels. The book contains an exclusive interview with Danticat, in which she discusses her recent memoir, Brother, I'm Dying (2007), winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. It also includes an extensive bibliography.

With contributions from Danticat's fellow creative writers from both the Caribbean and the United States as well as leading scholars of Caribbean literature, this collection of essays aims to enrich readers' understanding of the various geographical, literary, and cultural contexts of her work and to demonstrate how it both influences and is influenced by them.

Contributors
Madison Smartt Bell * Myriam J. A. Chancy * Maryse Condé * J. Michael Dash * Charles Forsdick * Mary Gallagher * Régine Michelle Jean-Charles * Carine Mardorossian * Nadève Ménard * Martin Munro * Nick Nesbitt * Mireille Rosello * Renee H. Shea * Évelyne Trouillot * Lyonel Trouillot * Kiera Vaclavik


Martin Munro
is Professor of French and Francophone Literatures at Florida State University and the author most recently of Exile and Post-1946 Haitian Literature: Alexis, Depestre, Ollivier, Laferrière, Danticat and Different Drummers: Rhythm and Race in the Americas.