After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Haiti: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti - Softcover

Danticat, Edwidge

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9780099464655: After the Dance: A Walk Through Carnival in Haiti: A Walk Through Carnival in Jacmel, Haiti

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ISBN 10: 0099464659 ISBN 13: 9780099464655

Publisher: Vintage, 2004

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The author returns to her native land to describe Jacmel, Haiti, in the week leading up to Carnival, in a series of essays that capture the cultural magic, music, and madness of Carnival. heart.

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Review:

"The young Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat has given the world honest and loving portraits of Haitian people, both on the island and in the United States" (Boston Globe)

"Ms. Danticat has dared to probe into some of the most painful and hidden Haitian traditions" (New York Times)

"This gem of lyrical reportage takes Danticat from behind a "mask of distant observer" into the heart of a "massive stream of joy", filling in the history and folklore behind the steamy surface" (Boyd Tonkin Independent)

"Danticat has fathomless respect for her culture and reveals less of the fearfulness than the love in it" (Independent)

Book Description:

A stunning, exquisitely rendered journey beyond the hedonistic surface of Haiti's Carnival and into its deep heart.

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