“Awide-rangingcollectionfromthebelovedbutbesiegedCaribbeanisland...The36thentryinAkashic’sNoirseries(whichrangesfromBronxtoDelhitoTwinCities)isbeautifullyedited,withaspectrumofvoices.“--KirkusReviews“ThisanthologywillgiveAmericanreadersacomplexandnuancedportraitoftherealHaitinotseenontheeveningnewsandintroducethemtosomeoriginalandwonderfulwriters.“--LibraryJournal“DanticathassucceededinassemblingagroupportraitofHaitiancultureandresiliencethatiscauseforcelebration.“--PublishersWeekly“Asolidcontributiontothe[noir]series,especiallyforitsshowcasingofasettingnotcommonlyportrayedincrimefiction.“--Booklist“Danticathasputtogetheracollectionpossessingclassicnoirelements--crimesandcriminalsandevildeedsonlysometimespunished--butalsosomethingelse,perhapsuniquelyHaitiantoo.“--LosAngelesTimes“Thecharactersthatemergeintheanthologyaredivergentfigures,alienatedbyexile,thrivinginthediasporaanddevastatedbylimitedchoices.Theirstoriesaremulti-layered,thrillingandnecessary.“--Ms.Magazine“WhocaneverjudgehowimportantDanticathasbeentoAmericans’understandingandre-evaluatingHaiti’spositionandroleinthehemisphere?Notjustasanovelistandessayistinherownright,butaseditorandguidingforcebehindthiscollectionofshortstoriesandthere-publicationandEnglishtranslationoftheChauvettriptych,theHaitian-bornDanticathasbroughthercountry’sliteraturebackintotheworldofEnglish-speakers.Filledwithdelightsandsurprises,HaitiNoir,takenasawhole,providesaprofoundportraitofthecountry,fromitscrisestoitstriumphs,fromthetinybouksofthecountrysidetotheshantiesofthesprawlingbidonvilles.Danticatherselfhasalovelystoryinthecollection,andpermitstwodistinguishedforeignwritersonHaiti,MadisonSmarttBellandMarkKurlansky,toslideinthereamongallthebrilliantHaitians.“--DailyBeast“HaitiNoir...showcasesthediversity,humour,beautyandoriginalityof’Haitian’writing.“--Wasafiri(UK)AkashicBookscontinuesitsgroundbreakingseriesoforiginalnoiranthologies,launchedin2004withBrooklynNoir.Eachstoryissetinadistinctneighborhoodorlocationwithinthecityofthebook.Brand-newstoriesby:EdwidgeDanticat,RodneySaint-?loi,MadisonSmarttBell,GaryVictor,M.J.Fievre,MarkKurlansky,MarvinVictor,Josaphat-RobertLarge,MarieLilyCerat,YanickLahens,Louis-PhilipeDalembert,KettlyMars,MarieKetsiaTheodore-Pharel,EvelyneTrouillot,KatiaD.Ulysse,IbiAanuZoboi,NadinePinede,andPatrickSylvain.FromtheintroductionbyEdwidgeDanticat:“IbeganworkingonthisanthologyaboutayearbeforeJanuary12,2010,whenHaitiwasstruckbyitsworstnaturaldisasterinovertwohundredyears.TheworldknowsnowthatmorethantwohundredthousandpeoplediedandoveramillionlosttheirhomesinHaiti’scapitalandthesurroundingcitiesofL矇og璽ne,Petit-Go璽ve,andJacmel.AsIamwritingthesewords,survivorsremainhuddledbythethousandsindisplacementcamps,mostshieldingthemselvesfromintermittentrainwithnothingbutwoodenpostsandbedsheets.Evenbeforetheearthquake,lifewasnoteasyinHaiti.Therewasalwaystheriskofdyingfromhunger,aninfectiousdisease,anaturaldisaster,oracrime.Buttherewasalsohope,laughter,andboundlesscreativity.Haitiancreativityhasalwaysbeenoneofthecountry’smostidentifiablesurvivaltraits.Whetherexpressedinvibrantandcolorfulpaintings,doubleentendre--filledspiritualorpartymusic,orthepoignant,humorous,erotic,lyrical(andyes,alsodark)shortstoriesandnovelsofitswriters,Haiti’smorenuancedandcomplexfaceoftencomesacrossinitsarts...Icanhonestlysaythat,inspiteofthediff
