Description
In a collection of nine stories and an epilogue, this book traces the lives of Haitians in Port-au-Prince, Ville Rose, and New York as colonial legacies and political violence leave deep marks on family, memory, and belonging. Across shifting settings, characters confront loss, separation, and trauma—often in the quiet, intimate ways that history reshapes everyday love and survival. At its heart is a poignant story of a boy and a girl whose devotion endures even as unrest tears them apart, and whose only bridge becomes the written word. With lyrical, emotionally precise storytelling, Edwidge Danticat illuminates how grief can be both inherited and resisted, making the collection a powerful meditation on resilience, communication, and the cost of silence.
Available Editions
paperback
Soho Press
Published Jan 1, 1995
224 pages
ISBN: 9781569470251
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Details
First Published
1995
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat.