| The Dew Breaker Contributor(s): Danticat, Edwidge (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400034299 ISBN-13: 9781400034291 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: We meet him late in life: a quiet man, a good father and husband, a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a landlord and barber with a terrifying scar across his face. As the book unfolds, moving seamlessly between Haiti in the 1960s and New York City today, we enter the lives of those around him, and learn that he has also kept a vital, dangerous secret. Edwidge Danticat's brilliant exploration of the "dew breaker"--or torturer--s an unforgettable story of love, remorse, and hope; of personal and political rebellions; and of the compromises we make to move beyond the most intimate brushes with history. It firmly establishes her as one of America's most essential writers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | African American - General - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003060788 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 244 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 78458 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this award-winning, bestselling work of fiction that moves between Haiti in the 1960s and New York in the present day, we meet an unusual man who is harboring a vital, dangerous secret. He is a quiet man, a good father and husband, a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a landlord and barber with a terrifying scar across his face. As the book unfolds, we enter the lives of those around him, and his secret is slowly revealed. Edwidge Danticat's brilliant exploration of the "dew breaker"-- or torturer-- is an unforgettable story of love, remorse, and hope; of personal and political rebellions; and of the compromises we make to move beyond the most intimate brushes with history. It firmly establishes her as one of America's most essential writers. |