Collection of linked short stories by Edwidge Danticat
The Dew Breaker
First edition
Author
Edwidge Danticat
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date
2004
ISBN
1-4000-3429-9
OCLC
1014282481
The Dew Breaker is a collection of linked stories by Edwidge Danticat, published in 2004. The title comes from the Haitian Creole name for a torturer during the regimes of François "Papa Doc" and Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.[1]
The book can be read either as a novel or collection of short stories. It is divided into nine portions: The Book of the Dead, Seven, Water Child, The Book of Miracles, Night Talkers, The Bridal Seamstress, Monkey Tails, The Funeral Singer, and The Dew Breaker.
^Davis, Bernadette (March 2004). "The Dew Breaker, Edwidge Danticat: BookPage review by Bernadette Davis". BookPage.com. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
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