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A review by maxwelldunn
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
3.0
3.5 stars
The Dew Breaker is a story in nine parts. Each part could be read as its own short story, and I vacillate between liking and disliking this structure. Usually I'd enjoy something like this, but the stories are at times so loosely connected that it's hard to see the bigger picture. And yet, part of me likes the way the author drops information ever so carefully, that it makes a sort of puzzle out of the reading.
Regardless, the stories are beautifully written and tragically told. You get an on-the-ground look at life in Haiti as well as the lives of Haitian immigrants. All of this frames the story of one man—the dew breaker—who we come to know by the end as a tortured and incomprehensible figure.
The Dew Breaker is a story in nine parts. Each part could be read as its own short story, and I vacillate between liking and disliking this structure. Usually I'd enjoy something like this, but the stories are at times so loosely connected that it's hard to see the bigger picture. And yet, part of me likes the way the author drops information ever so carefully, that it makes a sort of puzzle out of the reading.
Regardless, the stories are beautifully written and tragically told. You get an on-the-ground look at life in Haiti as well as the lives of Haitian immigrants. All of this frames the story of one man—the dew breaker—who we come to know by the end as a tortured and incomprehensible figure.