{"product_id":"haiti-noir-2-edwidge-danticat-9781617751936","title":"Haiti Noir 2: The Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A worthy sequel that skillfully uses a popular genre to help us better understand an often frustratingly complex and indecipherable society.\" --\u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Presents an excellent array of writers, primarily Haitian, whose graphic descriptions portray a country ravaged by corruption, crime, and mystery. . . . This selection of Haitian classics is a must read for everyone.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Caribbean Writer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/em\u003e. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Featuring stories by: Danielle Legros Georges, Jacques Roumain, Ida Faubert, Jacques-Stephen Alexis, Jan J. Dominique, Paulette Poujol Oriol, Lyonel Trouillot, Emmelie Prophete, Ben Fountain, Dany Laferriere, Georges Anglade, Edwidge Danticat, Michele Voltaire Marcelin, Ezili Danto, Marie-H駘ene Laforest, Nick Stone, Marilene Phipps-Kettlewell, Myriam J.A. Chancy, and Roxane Gay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the introduction by Edwidge Danticat: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"How often are you asked to put together an amazing literary party? In my case, a mind-blowing two times. The lit party of my dreams has been \u003cem\u003eHaiti Noir\u003c\/em\u003e, and lo and behold, I get asked to do it again . . . After the first \u003cem\u003eHaiti Noir\u003c\/em\u003e was published, people kept asking if I wasn't contributing to a negative image of the country by editing a book filled with so many \"dark\" stories about Haiti. My answer was, and remains, that showing the brilliance of our writers and their ability to address Haiti's difficulties through their art can only contribute to a more nuanced and complex presentation of Haitian lives. After all, the writers here are not Haiti virgins, to paraphrase from \u003cem\u003eHeading South\u003c\/em\u003e, Dany Laferriere's story, included here, of sex tourism gone wrong. They are all old hats, either by blood or their deep love for Haiti . . . This is not just a party, folks, but also a costume party, a noir party. The author of each story, poem, or novel excerpt has shed his or her skin and has sunk into the deepest and most revealing places of the human heart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edwidge Danticat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617751936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617751936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/28\/2013 pg. 38","brand":"Edwidge Danticat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043631591679,"sku":"9781617751936","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_697d085c-b258-4f77-93aa-259e26652e52.jpg?v=1684968270","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/haiti-noir-2-edwidge-danticat-9781617751936","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}