More about Haiti Noir

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The print edition of Haiti Noir is available from our website and from online and brick & mortar bookstores everywhere. The Haiti Noir e-book is available wherever e-books are sold.

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Haiti Noir, edited by Edwidge Danticat

Akashic recruits Danticat, one of the truly great contemporary writers, to edit this timely volume featuring stories set both before and after the devastating 2010 earthquake.

Launched with the summer ’04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.

Featuring brand-new stories by: Edwidge Danticat, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Madison Smartt Bell, Gary Victor, M.J. Fievre, Marvin Victor, Yanick Lahens, Louis-Philipe Dalembert, Kettly Mars, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Evelyne Trouillot, Katia Ulysse, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Nadine Pinede, and others.

Haiti has a tragic history and continues to be one of the most destitute places on the planet, especially in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. Here, however, Danticat reveals that even while the subject matter remains dark, the caliber of Haitian writing is of the highest order.

Table of Contents

Introduction

 

Part I: Which Noir?

“Odette” by Patrick Sylvain (Christ-Roi)

“The Rainbow’s End” by M.J. Fievre (Kenscoff)

“The Finger” by Gary Victor (Port-au-Prince)

“Paradise Inn” by Kettly Mars (Gokal)

“Which One?” by Evelyne Trouillot (Lalue)

“Twenty Dollars” by Madison Smartt Bell (Morne du Cap)

 

Part II: Noir Crossroads

“Claire of the Sea Light” by Edwidge Danticat (Ville Rose)

“The Harem” by Ibi Aanu Zoboi (Delmas)

“Rosanna” by Josaphat-Robert Large (Pacot)

“Maloulou” by Marie Lily Cerat (Martissant)

“Dangerous Crossroads” by Louis-Philippe Dalembert (Pétionville)

“Blues for Irène” by Marvin Victor (Carrefour-Feuilles)

 

Part III: Who is That Noir?

“The Last Department” by Katia D. Ulysse (Putis Blain)

“Departure Lounge” by Nadine Pinede (Cap Haitien)

“Who Is that Man?” by Yanick Lahens (Saint-Marc)

“Mercy at the Gate” by Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel (Croix-des-Bouquets)

“The Leopard of Ti Morne” by Mark Kurlansky (Gonaïves)

“The Blue Hill” by Rodney Saint-Éloi (Ozanana)