krik? krak! by Edwidge Danticat

Arriving one year after the Haitian-American's first novel (Breath, Eyes, Memory) alerted critics to her compelling voice, these 10 stories, some of which have appeared in small literary journals, confirm Danticat's reputation as a remarkably gifted writer. Examining the lives of ordinary Haitians, particularly those struggling to survive under the brutal Duvalier regime, Danticat illuminates the distance between people's desires and the stifling reality of their lives.

This debut collection of stories takes the problems of Haiti as its theme. It tells of the plight of fleeing refugees, an unemployed factory worker who tries to escape in a hot air balloon, and a country woman who miscarries her adulterous husband's children and adopts a baby found in the street.

s/hand hardback book.