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When Haitians tell a story, they say "Krik?" and the eager listeners answer "Krak!" In Krik? Krak!, Edwidge Danticat establishes herself as the latest heir to that narrative tradition with ten stories that encompass both the cruelties and the high ideals of Haitian life.
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Grave, earnest, prestige and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Edwidge Danticat
- First published
- February 2000
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Pygmalion, PYGMALION, Soho Press, Incorporated
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9782857044826
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