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Claire of the Sea Light
Edwidge Danticat
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Description for Claire of the Sea Light
Paperback. A New York Times bestseller from the award-winning author brings diverse Haitian townspeople together in the search for a missing girl. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Claire goes missing the night her father agrees to give her up for adoption. Her mother died when she was born. In the tiny fishing town of Ville Rose, Haiti, she and her father are not the only ones to have experienced loss. As the poor townspeople search by moonlight for the seven-year-old girl, each remembers what death has stolen from their own lives: a forbidden love cut down by slum gangsters; a mother whose rare affluence could not save her child. In prose that shimmers with folkloric imagery, Danticat intertwines their stories to reveal a deep connection between locals ... Read more
Claire goes missing the night her father agrees to give her up for adoption. Her mother died when she was born. In the tiny fishing town of Ville Rose, Haiti, she and her father are not the only ones to have experienced loss. As the poor townspeople search by moonlight for the seven-year-old girl, each remembers what death has stolen from their own lives: a forbidden love cut down by slum gangsters; a mother whose rare affluence could not save her child. In prose that shimmers with folkloric imagery, Danticat intertwines their stories to reveal a deep connection between locals ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
riverrun
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
176g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782068518
SKU
V9781782068518
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Edwidge Danticat
Edwidge Danticat was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the author of several books, including Brother, I'm Dying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection; Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; and ... Read more
Reviews for Claire of the Sea Light
'A haunting new novel ... Writing with lyrical economy and precision, Ms. Danticat recounts her characters' stories in crystalline prose that underscores the parallels in their lives' New York Times.
New York Times
'A jewel - a remarkable book, as luminous as its title' Ann Patchett.
Ann Patchett
'Magnificent ... this is a book that draws ... Read more
New York Times
'A jewel - a remarkable book, as luminous as its title' Ann Patchett.
Ann Patchett
'Magnificent ... this is a book that draws ... Read more