Akashic Noir Series by Edwidge Danticat (ed)
Akashic Noir #1
Haiti Noir 2, The Classics
Edwidge Danticat (ed)
The original best-selling Haiti Noir comprised all-new stories by today's best Haitian authors. This new volume collects the true classics of Haitian literature—both short stories and excerpts from longer works—and will be an integral piece of understanding how Haitian culture has evolved over the past fifty years. Editor Edwidge Danticat, one of the most respected Haitian writers, has a well-deserved sterling reputation, and here she follows on the success of the original first volume.ContentsIntroduction by Edwidge DanticatPART I: HUNTED/HAUNTEDPraisesong for Port-au-PrinceDANIELLE LEGROSS GEORGESPort-au-Prince, 1999Preface to the Life of a BureaucratJACQUES ROUMAINBolosse, 1930A Strange StoryIDA FAUBERTTurgeau, 1959The Enchanted Second LieutenantJACQUES-STEPHEN ALEXISBassins-Coquilleaux, 1960A White House with Pink Curtains in the Downstairs WindowsJAN J. DOMINIQUEKenscoff, 1996OrescaPAULETTE POUJOL ORIOLSource Diquini, 2001Children of Heroes (excerpt)LYONEL TROUILLOTPlace des Héros, 2002PART II: SEDUCEDRemember One DayEMMELIE PROPHÈTEBoulevard Jean-Jacques Dessalines, 1999Rêve HaitienBEN FOUNTAINPacot, 2000Heading SouthDANY LAFERRIÈREKaliko Beach, 2006Three Letters You Will Never ReadGEORGES ANGLADEQuina, 2006The Port-au-Prince Marriage SpecialEDWIDGE DANTICATDelmas, 2008True LifeMICHÈLE VOLTAIRE MARCELINRue des Miracles, 2008PART III: LOSING MY WAYI Just Lost My WayÈZILI DANTÒAnba Dlo, Lan Ginen, 1997The MissionMARIE-HÉLÈNE LAFORESTBonair, 2002Barbancourt Blues (excerpt)NICK STONEPétionville Square, 2007Dame MarieMARILÈNE PHIPPS-KETTLEWELLDame Marie, 2007Surrender (excerpt)MYRIAM J.A. CHANCYPort-au-Prince Central Prison, 2010Things I Know About Fairy TalesROXANE GAYCité Soleil, 2011About the Contributors
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Akashic Noir #1
Haiti Noir
Edwidge Danticat (ed)
HAITI HAS A TRAGIC HISTORY and continues to be one of the most
destitute places on the planet, especially in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Here, however, Danticat reveals that even while the subject matter remains dark,
the caliber of Haitian writing is of the highest order.
EDWIDGE DANTICAT was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when
she was twelve. She is the author of Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book
Club selection, Krik? Krak!, a National Book Award finalist, and the
novel-in-stories The Dew Breaker. Her memoir, Brother, I'm Dying,
was a 2007 finalist for the National Book Award and a 2008 winner of a National
Book Critics Circle Award. She is a 2009 recipient of the John D. and Catherine
T. MacArthur Foundation grant and lives in Miami.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
PART I: WHICH NOIR?"Odette" PATRICK SYLVAIN (Christ-Roi)"The
Rainbow's End" M.J. FIEVRE (Kenscoff)"The Finger" GARY VICTOR
(Port-au-Prince)"Paradise Inn" KETTLY MARS (Gokal)"Which One?" EVELYNE
TROUILLOT (Lalue)"Twenty Dollars" MADISON SMARTT BELL (Morne du Cap)
PART II: NOIR CROSSROADS"Claire of the Sea Light" EDWIDGE DANTICAT
(Ville Rose)"The Harem" IBI AANU ZOBOI (Delmas)"Rosanna" JOSAPHAT-ROBERT
LARGE (Pacot)"Maloulou" MARIE LILY CERAT (Martissant)"Dangerous
Crossroads" LOUIS PHILIPPE DALEMBERT (Petionville)"Blues for Irene" MARVIN
VICTOR (Carrefour-Feuilles)
PART III: WHO IS THAT NOIR?"The Last Department" KATIA D. ULYSSE
(Putis Blain)"Departure Lounge" NADINE PINEDE (Cap Haitien)"Who Is that
Man?" YANICK LAHENS (Saint-Marc)"Mercy at the Gate" MARIE KETSIA
THEODORE-PHAREL (Croix-des-Bouquets)"The Leopard of Ti Morne" MARK KURLANSKY
(Gonaives)"The Blue Hill" RODNEY SAINT-ELOI (Ozanana)
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