{"title":"Edwidge Danticat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdwidge Danticat\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts stories rich in emotional depth and cultural resonance, exploring themes of identity, family, and resilience. Her works often navigate the complex experiences of Haitian heritage and exile, blending intimate personal narratives with broader social and historical currents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect evocative, lyrical prose that brings to life both fiction and memoir, where memory and creativity intertwine. Danticat’s writing invites reflection on the struggles and triumphs that shape human connection across generations and borders.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"breath-eyes-memory-50th-anniversary-edition-by-edwidge-danticat-9780349145259","title":"Breath, Eyes, Memory (50th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEdwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, with a new introduction from Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti—and the enduring strength of Haiti's women—with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people's suffering and courage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A vision of female solidarity which transcends place and time' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisite and unforgettable' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Extraordinarily successful' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A first novel of precious humanity' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711030907116,"sku":"9780349145259","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7906113482312.jpg?v=1754179136"},{"product_id":"create-dangerously-by-edwidge-danticat-9780691278087","title":"Create Dangerously","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreate dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCreate Dangerously\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile, examining what it means to be an immigrant artist from a country in crisis. Inspired by Albert Camus' lecture, \u003cem\u003eCreate Dangerously\u003c\/em\u003e, and combining memoir and essay, Danticat tells the stories of artists, including herself, who create despite—or because of—the horrors that drove them from their homelands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe writes about the Haitian novelists she first read as a girl at the Brooklyn Public Library, Jean-Michel Basquiat and other artists of Haitian descent, and a renowned Haitian radio journalist whose political assassination shocked the world. She also eulogises an aunt who guarded her family's homestead in the Haitian countryside, a cousin who died of AIDS while living in Miami as an undocumented immigrant, and a Haitian woman mutilated in a machete attack who became a public witness against torture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreate Dangerously\u003c\/em\u003e is an eloquent and moving expression of Danticat's belief that immigrant artists are obliged to bear witness when their countries of origin are suffering from violence, oppression, poverty, and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383603216620,"sku":"9780691278087","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2768013482434.jpg?v=1773378543"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/edwidge-danticat.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}