After the Dance

By - Danticat, Edwidge

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, N.Y., 2015

ISBN 10 - 1101872918

ISBN 13 - 9781101872918

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Carnival

Shelf No - 20

Call Number - 394.2509 DAN

Physical Description - 161 pages ; 21 cm.

Book Information

As a child, acclaimed author Edwidge Danticat was terrified by Carnival festivities – until 2002, when she returned home to Haiti determined to understand the lure of this famed event. Here she chronicles her journey to the coastal town of Jacmel, where she met with the performers, artists, and organizers who re-create the myths and legends that bring the festival to life. In the process, Danticat traces the heroic and tragic history of the island, from French colonists and Haitian revolutionaries to American invaders and home-grown dictators. Part travelogue, part memoir, part historical analysis, this is the deeply personal story of a writer rediscovering her country, along with a part of herself—and a wonderful introduction to Haiti’s southern coast and to the beauty and passions of Carnival.

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