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Edwidge Danticat

A concise guide to Edwidge Danticat's body of work, major titles, and recurring themes.

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Coming-of-age novel
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Author overview

Edwidge Danticat (born 1969) is a novelist and short story writer whose body of work spans coming-of-age novel. This writing is associated with Haiti and United States. Major works and useful reading starting points include Breath, Eyes, Memory. Key themes include Trauma passed through a family, Motherhood across absence, Body, voice, and control, and Migration and return.

Reading pathway

Begin with Breath, Eyes, Memory.

Representative starting points

Breath, Eyes, Memory

Sophie Caco moves from Haiti to New York and learns how migration, secrecy, sexual violence, and inherited fear have shaped four generations of women in her family.

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