Krik? Krak! - Edwidge Danticat
Category: Short Story
Narrator: Dion Graham
Tags: Short Story, Adults, Contemporary, Historical Fiction
American Book Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat earned a National Book Award nomination for this brilliant collection of stories, which includes the Pushcart Prize-winner Between the Pool and the Gardenias. A remarkably gifted writer, Danticat examines the brutality of her native Haiti, particularly as it affects women, in tales that soar with raw emotion., At an astonishingly young age, Edwidge Danticat has become one of our most celebrated new writers. She is an artist who evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haitiand the enduring strength of Haitis womenwith a vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her peoples suffering and courage., When Haitians tell a story, they say Krik? and the eager listeners answer Krak! In Krik? Krak! 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 wa
