About this title: From the universally acclaimed author of "Breath, Eyes, Memory" comes a brilliant, deeply moving work of fiction that explores the world of a "dew breaker"--a torturer--a man whose brutal crimes in the country of his birth lie hidden beneath his new American reality.
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Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781402574740ISBN:1402574746
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400034291ISBN:1400034299
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781400041145ISBN:1400041147
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781400041145ISBN:1400041147
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781400034291ISBN:1400034299
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Nadine is about to learn a big secret in her father's life. For years he never liked to have his photo taken, he hid the long scar on his face with his hand and he and Nadine's mother never talked about their past: Haiti, relatives, friends or accomplishments. With Nadine we learn the secret of her father's life.
I like Nadine as a character not only because there is such a big hole in her life but also because of her craft. She is a sculpture. Over and over she strives to understand her father by sculpting him in mahogany and other mediums. I am use to reading about painters. It's not often I have read about sculptures. A woman sculpture makes the story even more interesting.
Edwidge Danticat draws descriptive pictures so well in "The Dew Breaker." Whether it is Florida, New York or Haiti the place, the setting comes alive. Each place feels like a place I've visited in real life or in a dream."
"I actually had to force myself to finish this book, which is unusual for me. I really did not like it. I think I just do not enjoy this style of writing. The author presents little snapshots of all these people whose lives were affected by a man who was a torturer (aka a Dew Breaker) during one of the Duvalier regimes in Haiti. However there were so many characters that I found I did not care about any of them nor was I interested in their lives. I know critics raved about this book and its considered good literature. I just didn't like it myself."
"I've read other reviews that argue whether this is a book of loosely related short stories (like Krik Krak) or a novel (like Breath, Eyes, Memory). I say a novel, with chapters that enlighten us slowly about the title character. Some of the chapters, I'll admit, are pretty loosely linked (and I'd love to talk with people if they can see more direct connections for the GED students and one other chapter...). But overall, I think it gives us the pieces of the puzzle that is one man's place in Haitian politics/history and American culture."
"so, i'm a little torn between 2 and 3 stars. this is really not a novel. it's a collection of short stories loosely tied together. if it was presented that way, i think i would have liked it better.
while the stories themselves were ok, they lacked direction and i think she could have done a lot more with it. i kept questioning where it all was going. if she had taken the first and last chapters and tied them together with a middle, i think it would have been wonderful.
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