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Ayiti / Roxane Gay.

Gay, Roxane, (author.). Gay, Roxane. About my father's accent. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. All things being relative. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Cheap, fast, filling. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Harder they come. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. In the manner of water or light. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Lacrimosa. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Motherfuckers. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Sweet on the tongue. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. There is no "E" in zombi which means there can be no you or we. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Voodoo child. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Gracias, Nicaragua y lo sentimos. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Dirt we do not eat. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. What you need to know about a Haitian woman. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Of ghosts and shadows. (Added Author). Gay, Roxane. Cool dry place. (Added Author).

Summary:

Clever and haunting by turns, Ayiti explores the Haitian diaspora experience. A married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland. A mother takes a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed. And a woman conceives a daughter on the bank of a river while fleeing a horrific massacre, a daughter who later moves to America for a new life but is perpetually haunted by the mysterious scent of blood. Wise, fanciful, and daring, Ayiti is the book that put Roxane Gay on the map and now, with two previously uncollected stories, confirms her singular vision.

Record details

ISBN: 0802128262
ISBN: 9780802128263
Physical Description: 173 pages ; 19 cm
Edition: First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Motherfuckers -- About my father's accent -- Voodoo child -- There is no "E" in zombi which means there can be no you or we -- Sweet on the tongue -- Cheap, fast, filling -- In the manner of water or light -- Lacrimosa -- The harder they come -- All things being relative -- Gracias, Nicaragua y lo sentimos -- The dirt we do not eat -- What you need to know about a Haitian woman -- Of ghosts and shadows -- A cool, dry place.