Dec 26, 2009

The Farming of Bones | Critical Overview

Danticat is the first Haitian woman to write in English, be published by a major American press, and earn wide publicity, so she is the first one to open the door of her culture to mainstream America. Her work has received almost universally favorable reviews, and she has won numerous awards and honors for her two novels, Breath, Eyes, Memory and The Farming of Bones, and her short story collection, Krik? Krak!

An interesting aspect of criticism of Danticat's work is that, unlike discussions of many other...