Brother, I'm Dying - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Edwidge Danticat (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyA National Book Award FinalistA New York Times Notable BookA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her "second father," when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America.
- Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Nonfiction) 2008 1st Winner
- About the Author: Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Claire of the Sea Light, a New York Times notable book; Brother, I'm Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection; Krik?
- 288 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
- Series Name: Vintage Contemporaries
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About the Book
From the award-winning author of "The Dew Breaker" comes her first work of nonfiction: a deeply affecting story of home and family, of two men's lives and deaths, and of a daughter's great love for them both.Book Synopsis
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyA National Book Award Finalist
A New York Times Notable Book
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century From the age of four, award-winning writer Edwidge Danticat came to think of her uncle Joseph as her "second father," when she was placed in his care after her parents left Haiti for America. And so she was both elated and saddened when, at twelve, she joined her parents and youngest brothers in New York City. As Edwidge made a life in a new country, adjusting to being far away from so many who she loved, she and her family continued to fear for the safety of those still in Haiti as the political situation deteriorated.
In 2004, they entered into a terrifying tale of good people caught up in events beyond their control. Brother I'm Dying is an astonishing true-life epic, told on an intimate scale by one of our finest writers.
Review Quotes
"Remarkable. . . . A fierce, haunting book about exile and loss and family love." --The New York Times
"With a storyteller's magnetic force . . . [Danticat] gives voice to an attachment too deep for words." --O, The Oprah Magazine
"Her power of language is so great, and at the same time, so subtle, that even those that cannot see her or understand her stories will be transformed by her impact on their world." --Walter Mosley
About the Author
Edwidge Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Claire of the Sea Light, a New York Times notable book; Brother, I'm Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; 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 The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the inaugural Story Prize. The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She lives in Miami.Dimensions (Overall): 7.96 Inches (H) x 5.19 Inches (W) x .83 Inches (D)
Weight: .71 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 288
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Personal Memoirs
Series Title: Vintage Contemporaries
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Language: English
Street Date: September 9, 2008
TCIN: 1003183036
UPC: 9781400034307
Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-1117
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.71 pounds
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