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  Honorable Mention in the 2019 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Longlist

  After the 2010 Haiti earthquake kills her parents, a woman returns to Haiti after leaving it as a child, 25 years ago. A powerful and engrossing story, this read cannot be missed.
  --Bustle, 35 Most Anticipated Fiction Books of 2018

  In this fascinating novel about Haitian life, Ulysse beautifully braids together the struggle for personal redemption with the struggle for dignity and human rights.
  --Rain Taxi Review of Books

  Ulysse gives readers a riveting story of a woman who is trying to make sense of a homescape that, if not wholly disappeared, is irrevocably altered.
  --BuzzFeed

  With lush descriptions and Creole-inflected dialogue, Katia D. Ulysse frankly and deftly writes about the nuances and class differences in Haiti. Mouths Don't Speak explores how trauma touches us at home and abroad, wherever those places may be. This includes the experiences of the underserved kids Jacqueline teaches, American veterans, the earthquake victims, and children and their parents. Ulysse illustrates the complicated but unbreakable connections we have to family and home, and shows how privilege doesn't necessarily keep you from tragedy.
  --Shelf Awareness

  A captivating portrait of a woman plagued with worry about family and homeland, this beautifully written novel recalls Toni Morrison's Paradise.
  --Library Journal

  Powerful...As Ulysse explores grief, she moves beyond her protagonist to consider the murky motivations and emotions of other characters. This is a harrowing, thoughtful dive into the aftermath of national and personal tragedies filtered through diasporic life.
  --Publishers Weekly

  Ulysse punctuates...descriptions of the lush Florestant plantation with insightful observations about strained family dynamics. The ties that bind can also constrict us.
  --Booklist

  In Drifting, Ulysse's 2014 story collection, Haitian immigrants struggle through New York City after the 2010 earthquake that destroyed much of their county. In her debut novel, Ulysse revisits that disaster with a clearer and sharper focus. Jacqueline Florestant is mourning her parents, presumed dead after the earthquake, while her ex-Marine husband cares for their young daughter. But the expected losses aren't the most serious, and a trip to freshly-wounded Haiti exposes the way tragedy follows class lines as we

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  • Kustantaja / Valmistaja Akashic Books
  • ISBN 9781617755927
  • Tuotekoodi 9781617755927
  • Kirjoittajat Katia D. Ulysse
  • Kieli Englanti
  • Ilmestymispäivä 02.01.2018
  • Genretunnus MU
  • Sivumäärä 224
  • Asiasanat African American - Women; Literary; Cultural Heritage
  • Kirjastoluokka FIC; 049020; FIC; 019000; FIC; 051000
  • Pituus (mm) 208.28
  • Leveys (mm) 132.08
  • Korkeus (mm) 20.32
  • Paino (g) 0.204
  • ALV 10,0%

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