The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat, short stories, 244 pages.I read this for our Wednesday night book club back in March. This is not a novel, but a series of related short stories, in which the characters are Haitians, or Haitian immigrants living in the United States. The Dew Breaker himself, prison guard, torturer, the one who comes to your door in the early morning, breaking the dew with his footsteps, is a recurring character, seen by his family in some stories, his former victims in others. Danticat does a great job evoking loss, bewilderment, and survival as the tales unfold broken lives and hidden secrets.
A wonderful collection of stories.
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