Haiti Noir

✍ Scribed by Edwidge Danticat

• Publisher: Akashic Books
• Year: 2010;2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 263 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1936070650

✦ Synopsis

"A wide-ranging collection from the beloved but besieged Caribbean island...The 36th entry in Akashic's Noir series (which ranges from Bronx to Delhi to Twin Cities) is beautifully edited, with a spectrum of voices."
--Kirkus Reviews
"This anthology will give American readers a complex and nuanced portrait of the real Haiti not seen on the evening news and introduce them to some original and wonderful writers."
--Library Journal
"Danticat has succeeded in assembling a group portrait of Haitian culture and resilience that is cause for celebration."
--Publishers Weekly
"A solid contribution to the [noir] series, especially for its showcasing of a setting not commonly portrayed in crime fiction."
--Booklist
"Danticat has put together a collection possessing classic noir elements--crimes and criminals and evil deeds only sometimes punished--but also...