If, as [some] stories demonstrate, Haiti takes, others reveal how much it also gives. Everything Inside is a relentlessly honest book about how we say goodbye; about compassion and cruelty in the face of death; about, as Danticat writes, ‘loves that outlive lovers.’ The reader feels connected to Danticat’s characters, but she refuses to manipulate her audience with anything sentimental or overly pat. In the book’s standout story, “Sunrise, Sunset,” a woman with dementia struggles to impart the lessons of motherhood to her own daughter: “You are always saying hello to them while preparing them to say goodbye to you.” And the charming “Hot Air Balloons” follows two college freshmen—Neah, the child of academics, and Lucy, the daughter of migrant farm workers—as each comes to her own understanding of Haiti, a place of “idyllic beaches” and “dewy mountaintops,” as well as corruption and poverty, where girls are “recruited for orgies with international aid workers.” In plain, propulsive prose, and with great compassion, Danticat writes both of her characters’ losses and of their determination to continue: “There are loves that outlive lovers.” 50,000-copy announced first printing. Her writing is, as usual, superb. Edwidge Danticat has been laying waste to readers’ hearts with her gorgeous prose for 25 years—with Everything Inside, she has only deepened her art.” —Jenny Shank, Minneapolis Star Tribune “Vibrant and hauntingly human.” —Meredith Boe, Chicago Review of Books Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat is a very highly recommended collection of eight short stories. Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat | Short Stories Collection Review Michael Reads. What brings the stories together is Danticat’s precise yet emotionally charged prose, and the way she has curated this volume to create a satisfying whole.” Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from Penguin Random HouseVisit other sites in the Penguin Random House NetworkBy clicking Sign Up, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House's Aug 27, 2019 | ISBN 9780525521273 As with her previous books, Ms. Danticat’s words transport you into each story creating a beautiful tableau of sadness and hope, and you become absolutely immersed. The unreliability of the human heart connects many of these stories. Loading... Unsubscribe from Michael Reads? Several stories in Edwidge Danticat's Everything Inside, take place in Florida's Little Haiti neighborhood, a popular residence for Haitian immigrants and exiles (along with individuals from other Caribbean nations) located in Miami Dade County.The neighborhood has a population of 28,000 people, with 73% identifying as Black and 20% as Hispanic. Set among the Haitian “dyaspora” including Miami, New York, and Haiti itself, the tales describe the complicated lives of people who live in one place but are drawn elsewhere. Aug 27, 2019 | ISBN 9780593164594 Cancel Unsubscribe. I throughly enjoyed Edwidge Danticat’s book of short stories, Everything Inside. More than once throughout the book, I longed for the story to continue so that I can remain within that world a bit longer. Danticat’s birthplace, Haiti, emerges in almost mythic fashion. Danticat’s birthplace, Haiti, emerges in almost mythic fashion. As with her previous books, Ms. Danticat’s words transport you into each story creating a beautiful tableau of sadness and hope, and you become absolutely immersed. The American children of immigrants discover that their lives have been shaped by their parents’ Haitian pasts, as in the touching, funny “In the Old Days,” when a New York high school teacher learns that her absent father, who divorced her mother and returned to Haiti, is dying, and rushes to meet him. The unreliability of the human heart connects many of these stories. It is a land where a life can be changed, a land that exists both in the past and the present, whose essence may be carried as far as Miami or Brooklyn. More than once throughout the book, I longed for the story to continue so that I can remain within that world a bit longer. Agent: Nicole Aragi, Aragi, Inc. (Aug.) A Macarthur Fellow and National Book Critics Circle winner for the memoir An extraordinary career milestone: spare, evocative, and moving.Millions of eBooks to Read Instantly©1997-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special 63A beautiful book. “A beautiful book. Aug 27, 2019 | ISBN 9780525521280 EDWIDGE DANTICAT is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York TimesNotable Book; Brother, I’m Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; The Dew… EDWIDGE DANTICAT is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York TimesNotable Book; Brother, I’m Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; The Dew… EDWIDGE DANTICAT is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York TimesNotable Book; Brother, I’m Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; The Dew… EDWIDGE DANTICAT is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York TimesNotable Book; Brother, I’m Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; The Dew…
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