Krik? Krak! by Danticat, Edwidge - 1994

Soho Press, 1995. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Soho Press, 1995. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Soho Press, 1995. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Small remainder mark to bottom edge, light spotting to top edge, barely worn spine head, else very good+.. White octavo; 224 p ; 21 cm. Advance uncorrected proofs. || Haitian Americans -- Fiction; Short stories. || This book features ten stories on life in Haiti. In A Wall of Fire Rising, an unemployed worker dreams of escaping to America in a balloon, while in Caroline's Wedding, a woman gives her daughters red underwear to wear as protection from sexual advances by the spirit of their dead father. By the author of Breath, Eyes, Memory. || Contents: Children of the sea -- Nineteen thirty-seven -- A wall of fire rising -- Night women -- Between the pool and the gardenias -- The missing peace -- Seeing things simply -- New York day women -- Caroline's wedding -- Epilogue: Women like us.

New York: Soho Press, 1995. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Double DJs protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely faint wear & single spot to spine head & foot, else fine.. Octavo in black DJ; 224 p ; 21 cm. Ten stories on life in Haiti. In A Wall of Fire Rising, an unemployed worker dreams of escaping to America in a balloon, while in Caroline's Wedding, a woman gives her daughters red underwear to wear as protection from sexual advances by the spirit of their dead father. By the author of Breath, Eyes, Memory. --WorldCat. || Contents: Children of the sea -- Nineteen thirty-seven -- A wall of fire rising -- Night women -- Between the pool and the gardenias -- The missing peace -- Seeing things simply -- New York day women -- Caroline's wedding -- Epilogue: Women like us. || Fiction; Short Stories; Women.

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New York. 1995. Soho Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 1569470251. 227 pages. hardcover. Cover by Konbit Kreyol. keywords: Literature Black Women Caribbean America Haiti. FROM THE PUBLISHER - When Haitians tell a story, they say ‘Krik?' and the eager listeners answer ‘Krak!' In Krik? Krak! In her second novel, Edwidge Danticat establishes herself as the latest heir to that narrative tradition with nine stories that encompass both the cruelties and the high ideals of Haitian life. They tell of women who continue loving behind prison walls and in the face of unfathomable loss; of a people who resist the brutality of their rulers through the powers of imagination. The result is a collection that outrages, saddens, and transports the reader with its sheer beauty. Since the publication of her debut work Breath, Eyes, Memory in 1994, Edwidge Danticat has won praise as one of America's brightest, most graceful and vibrant young writers. In this novel, and in her… Read More