The dew breaker

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Titel:

The dew breaker

Persönlicher Verfasser:

Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- author.

GVPL_EDITION:

First Vintage Contemporaries edition.

PUBDATE:

2005

2004

GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:

New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House Inc., 2005.

Physische Beschreibung:

244 pages ; 21 cm

ISBN:

9781400034291

Abstract:

A novel consisting of interconnected stories which center on the life then and now of a Haitian American who was once a torturer (dew breaker) for the Duvalier regime in 1960s Haiti. Story depicts the compromises we often make in order to move beyond the most intimate brushes with history.

Allgemeine Anmerkung:

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.

Inhalte:

The book of the dead -- Seven -- Water child -- The book of miracles -- Night talkers -- The bridal seamstress -- Monkey tails -- The funeral singer -- The dew breaker.

Schlagwortbegriff:

Black people -- Fiction.

Compromise (Ethics) -- Fiction.

Haitian Americans -- Fiction.

Torture -- Fiction.

Geographischer Begriff:

Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Haiti -- Fiction.

Gattung:

Historical fiction.

Short stories.

LANGUAGE:

Englisch

Vormerkungen: 0

Verfügbar:2

Library		Regalstandort		Exemplarbarcode	Status
CE Central Branch	Adult fiction book	Fiction	DAN	39066043218235	Fiction Unknown
BH Bruce Hutchison Branch	Adult fiction book	Fiction	DAN	39066043218243	Fiction Unknown