The Farming of Bones
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The Farming of Bones is a historical novel by Edwidge Danticat that explores the 1937 Parsley Massacre and its impact on Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic through a deeply personal, lyrical narrative.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Farming of Bones canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Edwidge Danticat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | American Book Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresEvent | Trujillo regime’s persecution of Haitians ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Don Ignacio
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Sebastien Onius NERFINISHED ⓘ Valencia NERFINISHED ⓘ Yves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Haitian migrant workers in the Dominican Republic ⓘ |
| genre |
Caribbean literature
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historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781569471265 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
dreams and visions
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language and pronunciation tests ⓘ water and drowning ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
border politics between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
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collective memory of massacre ⓘ racial and ethnic identity ⓘ |
| includedIn |
syllabi for courses on Caribbean literature
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syllabi for courses on postcolonial studies ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | lyrical prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
anti-Haitian violence in the Dominican Republic
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love and loss ⓘ migration and displacement ⓘ state-sponsored violence ⓘ trauma and memory ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Amabelle Désir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of the 1937 Parsley Massacre
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interweaving personal and political histories ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 312 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Amabelle Désir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher | Soho Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Breath, Eyes, Memory
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Krik? Krak! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInEvent | Parsley Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1937 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Dominican Republic
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Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | labor and suffering of sugarcane workers ⓘ |
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