by Edwidge Danticat · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782857044635
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«Le cri de l'oiseau rouge» is the novel by Edwidge Danticat, published by Pygmalion/Gérard Watelet in paperback (282 pages).
Sophie Caco, a Haitian girl, leaves her village at twelve to join her mother in New York. There she uncovers family secrets and a legacy of shame that she can only confront by returning to Haiti, in a journey between the supernatural and political violence that portrays the traditions and suffering of her people.
This French-language edition is the translation of «Breath, Eyes, Memory» (1994) and appeared in 1995.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in the Haitian diaspora, family memory and coming-of-age stories.
Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. Her work has dealt with themes of national identity, mother-daughter relationships, and diasporic politics. In 2023, she was named the Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Professor of the Humanities in the department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University.
