Caroline’s Wedding | Hal Wylie

In the following review, Danticat’s collection Krik? Krak! is praised as ‘‘well told and dramatic.’’Wylie also notes that the author’s work places particular focus on ‘‘parental stories’’ passed on to instill ‘‘essential values.’’

Hal Wylie

In the following review, Danticat’s collection Krik? Krak! is praised as ‘‘well told and dramatic.’’Wylie also notes that the author’s work places particular focus on ‘‘parental stories’’ passed on to instill ‘‘essential values.’’

Edwidge Danticat is a major new talent who combines her Haitian heritage with her first-class American education to produce stories that transcend the quest for Haitian identity to scrutinize the modern world. Born in Haiti in 1969, she spent her first twelve years in the new Haiti of...

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