Edwidge Danticat

Citations

• “We are ill-favored, but still we endure. Every once in a while, we must scream this as far as the wind can carry our voices. “Nou lèd, nou la!” We are ugly, but we are here! And here to stay.”

• “Tante Atie once said that love is like the rain. It comes in a drizzle sometimes. Then it starts pouring and if you’re not careful it will drown you.”

• “I come from a place where breath, eyes, and memory are one, a place from which you carry your past like a hair on your head. Where women return to their children as butterflies or as tears in the eyes of the statues that their daughters pray to.”

• “All anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love...like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or a waterfall, a flood, if you can get that too.”

• “Some of us think we are accidents of literacy. I do. We think we are people who might not have been able to go to school at all, who might never have learned to read and write.”

Les livres de Edwidge Danticat dans l'ordre

Les livres de Edwidge Danticat dans l'ordre de parution, de Atem, Augen, Erinnerungen (1994) à Plough Quarterly No. 20 - The Welcome Table (2019).

1. 1Atem, Augen, ErinnerungenAtem, Augen, Erinnerungen1994
2. 2Krik? Krak!Krik? Krak!1995
   Ce qu'il contient (10)

   • Children of the Sea
   • Nineteen Thirty-seven
   • A Wall of Fire Rising
   • Night Women
   • Between the Pool and the Gardenias
   • The Missing Peace
   • Seeing Things Simply
   • New York Day Women
   • Caroline's Wedding
   • In the Old Days
3. 3Le cri de l'oiseau rougeLe cri de l'oiseau rouge1995
4. 4The Farming of BonesThe Farming of Bones1998
5. 5The Butterfly's WayThe Butterfly's Way2001
6. 6Behind the MountainsBehind the Mountains2002
7. 7Le briseur de roséeLe briseur de rosée2004
   Ce qu'il contient (8)

   • Le livre des morts
   • Sept
   • L'enfant De L'eau
   • Soliloques Nocturnes
   • La couturière
   • Queues De Singe
   • La Chanteuse D'enterrement
   • Le briseur de rosée
8. 8Anacaona, Golden FlowerAnacaona, Golden Flower2005
9. 9HomelandsHomelands2006
10. 10Adieu mon frèreAdieu mon frère2007
11. 11Create DangerouslyCreate Dangerously2010
12. 12Eight DaysEight Days2010
13. 13Haiti NoirHaiti Noir2010
    Ce qu'il contient (21)

    • Which Noir?
    • Odette -- Patrick Sylvain
    • The Rainbow's End -- M.J. Fievre
    • The Finger -- Gary Victor
    • Paradise Inn -- Kettly Mars
    • Which One? -- Evelyne Trouillot
    • Twenty Dollars -- Madison Smartt Bell
    • Noir Crossroads
    • Claire of the Sea Light -- Edwidge Danticat
    • The Harem -- Ibi Aanu Zoboi
    • Rosanna -- Josaphat-Robert Large
    • Maloulou -- Marie Lily Cerat
    • Dangerous Crossroads -- Louis-Philippe Dalembert
    • Blues for Irène -- Marvin Victor
    • Who Is That Noir?
    • The Last Department -- Katia D. Ulysse
    • Departure Lounge -- Nadine Pinede
    • Who Is That Man? -- Yanick Lahens
    • Mercy at the Gate -- Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel
    • The Leopard of Ti Morne -- Mark Kurlansky
    • The blue hill -- Rodney Saint-Éloi
14. 14Best American Essays 2011Best American Essays 20112011
15. 15Huit JoursHuit Jours2011
16. 16Mama's NightingaleMama's Nightingale2015
17. 17Royal DiariesRoyal Diaries2015
18. 18UntwineUntwine2015
19. 19The Art of DeathThe Art of Death2017
20. 20Everything InsideEverything Inside2019
21. 21My Mommy MedicineMy Mommy Medicine2019
22. 22Plough Quarterly No. 20 - The Welcome TablePlough Quarterly No. 20 - The Welcome Table2019
23. 23AnacaonaAnacaona