{"product_id":"9781617750120","title":"Haiti Noir","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A wide-ranging collection from the beloved but besieged Caribbean island,” from a lineup of authors including two National Book Award finalists (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The Haitian-born Danticat has brought her country’s literature back into the world of English-speakers. Filled with delights and surprises, \u003ci\u003eHaiti Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, taken as a whole, provides a profound portrait of the country, from its crises to its triumphs, from the tiny bouks of the countryside to the shanties of the sprawling bidonvilles. Danticat herself has a lovely story in the collection, and permits two distinguished foreign writers on Haiti, Madison Smartt Bell and Mark Kurlansky, to slide in there among all the brilliant Haitians.” —\u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Brand-new stories by Edwidge Danticat, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Madison Smartt Bell, Gary Victor, M.J. Fievre, Mark Kurlansky, Marvin Victor, Josaphat-Robert Large, Marie Lily Cerat, Yanick Lahens, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Kettly Mars, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Evelyne Trouillot, Katia D. Ulysse, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Nadine Pinede, and Patrick Sylvain.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This anthology will give American readers a complex and nuanced portrait of the real Haiti not seen on the evening news and introduce them to some original and wonderful writers.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A collection possessing classic noir elements—crimes and criminals and evil deeds only sometimes punished—but also something else, perhaps uniquely Haitian too.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165212655856,"sku":"9781617750120","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617750120_p0.jpg?v=1769904654","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617750120","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}