Books Edwidge Danticat Explores the “Precarity of Life” in Her New Novel
A terrifying personal experience inspired Edwidge Danticat’s fifth novel, which is set in Miami and Brooklyn, but with Haiti always in mind.
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· August 17, 2026 · 1 min read
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A terrifying personal experience inspired Edwidge Danticat’s fifth novel, which is set in Miami and Brooklyn, but with Haiti always in mind.
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