The Dew Breaker

by Edwidge Danticat
 
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We meet him late in life: a quiet man, a good father and husband, a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a landlord and barber with a terrifying scar across his face. As the book unfolds, moving seamlessly between Haiti in the 1960s and New York City today, we enter the lives of those around him, and learn that he has also kept a vital, dangerous secret. Edwidge Danticat’s brilliant exploration of the “dew breaker”--or torturer--s an unforgettable story of love, remorse, and hope; of personal and political rebellions; and of the compromises we make to move beyond the most intimate brushes with history. It firmly establishes her as one of America’s most essential writers.

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  • Media: Paperback Book, 256 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage (March 08, 2005)
  • ISBN-10: 1400034299
  • ISBN-13: 9781400034291
  • Dimensions: 5.2 x 7.87 x 0.63 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.49 lbs
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