Edwidge Danticat – författare

»En romanpärla alla borde få glädjen att läsa.« Yukiko Duke, Li Läser

VILLE ROSE, HAITI

Varje år går Claire med sin far till kyrkogården på sin födelsedag, som också är hennes mors dödsdag. Men dagen då hon fyller sju försvinner hon spårlöst från den lilla fiskestaden. Hon har fått veta att hennes far tänker lämna bort henne. I sökandet efter Claire sluter den lilla stadens invånare upp. De tycks alla bära på minnen av egna förluster och plågas alla av efterhängsna hemligheter. I Edwidge Danticats mästerliga roman flätas deras historier samman till en berättelse om en stad ett land som så starkt präglas av den hotande naturen, av våld och död men också av kärlek och gemenskap.

Edwidge Danticat föddes 1969 i Port-au-Prince i Haiti men flyttade till USA som tolvåring. Hon debuterade 1994 och har sedan dess publicerat ett femtontal böcker i olika genrer romaner, memoarer, novellsamlingar, essäer, barnböcker. Hennes böcker har alltid en stark koppling till Haiti, som hon fortfarande betraktar som sitt hem. För sitt skrivande är hon flerfaldigt prisbelönt, senast med det prestigefyllda Neustadt Prize som hon tilldelades 2017.

From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her “second father,” when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America. And so she was both elated and saddened when, at twelve, she joined her parents and youngest brothers in New York City. As Edwidge made a life in a new country, adjusting to being far away from so many who she loved, she and her family continued to fear for the safety of those still in Haiti as the political situation deteriorated.

In 2004, they entered into a terrifying tale of good people caught up in events beyond their control. Brother I''m Dying is an astonishing true-life epic, told on an intimate scale by one of our finest writers.BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Edwidge Danticat''s Claire of the Sea Light. 

With new introduction from Booker-prize-winning Bernardine Evaristo ''A vision of female solidarity which transcends place and time'' Sunday Times Edwidge Danticat''s groundbreaking debut. At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti - to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence. In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti - and the enduring strength of Haiti''s women - with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people''s suffering and courage.

From the best-selling author of Brother, I’m Dying and The Dew Breaker: a stunning new work of fiction that brings us deep into the intertwined lives of a small seaside town where a little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, has gone missing. Claire Limyè Lanmè—Claire of the Sea Light—is an enchanting child born into love and tragedy in Ville Rose, Haiti. Claire’s mother died in childbirth, and on each of her birthdays Claire is taken by her father, Nozias, to visit her mother’s grave. Nozias wonders if he should give away his young daughter to a local shopkeeper, who lost a child of her own, so that Claire can have a better life. But on the night of Claire’s seventh birthday, when at last he makes the wrenching decision to do so, she disappears. As Nozias and others look for her, painful secrets, haunting memories, and startling truths are unearthed among the community of men and women whose individual stories connect to Claire, to her parents, and to the town itself. Told with piercing lyricism and the economy of a fable, Claire of the Sea Light is a tightly woven, breathtaking tapestry that explores what it means to be a parent, child, neighbor, lover, and friend, while revealing the mysterious bonds we share with the natural world and with one another. Embracing the magic and heartbreak of ordinary life, it is Edwidge Danticat’s most spellbinding, astonishing book yet.This edition includes a reading group guide.