The Farming Of Bones
The Farming Of Bones
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Published:
6 April, 2000
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Description
It is 1937, and Amabelle Desir is a young Haitian woman working as a maid for a wealthy family in the Dominican Republic, across the border from her homeland. The Republic, under the iron rule of the Generalissimo, treats the Haitians as second-class citizens, and although Amabelle feels a strong sense of loyalty to her employers, especially since her own parents drowned crossing the river from Haiti, racial tensions are heightened when Amabelle's boss accidentally kills a Haitian in a car accident. The accident is a catalyst for a systematic round-up of Haitians, ostensibly for repatriation but in fact a prelude to slaughter. Amabelle, caught up in the chaos and confusion, returns to Haiti after much hardship to make a new life, but is for years uncertain of the fate of her lover, Sebastian, and haunted by a nagging sense of guilt.
A powerful, fiercely economical and deceptively moving work, blending historical accuracy with lyrical brilliance.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780349111636 |
| ISBN10 | 0349111634 |
| Number Of Pages | 320 |
| Item Weight | 219 g |
| Product Dimensions | 132 x 199 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format | paperback |
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Extraordinary * TIME OUT *
Danticat delicately tiptoes through bougainvillaea and butterflies into minefields of rape, mayhem, insanity, suicide, terror. * Fay Weldon, MAIL ON SUNDAY *
A first novel of precocious maturity * INDEPENDENT *
A writer of great force with still more potential * INDEPENDENT *
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Author's Bio
Edwidge Danticat is the author of a novel, BREATH, EYES, MEMORY, and a collection of interlinked stories, KRIK? KRAK!, which was shortlisted for the National Book Award in the US. She was also one of GRANTA's Best Young American Novelists.