The Dew Breaker
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The Dew Breaker is a novel by Edwidge Danticat that interweaves the stories of Haitian immigrants whose lives are haunted by the violent legacy of a former torturer from Duvalier-era Haiti.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dew Breaker canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Edwidge Danticat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
immigrant experience in the United States
ⓘ
impact of dictatorship on individuals ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
linked stories ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ short story cycle ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Edwidge Danticat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Haitian-American ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Haitian immigrant community
ⓘ
former torturer ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| languageStyle | lyrical prose ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
exile
ⓘ
family secrets ⓘ guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ legacy of violence ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Duvalier regime
ⓘ
Haitian immigrants ⓘ dictatorship in Haiti ⓘ memory ⓘ political violence ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interlinked stories ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple perspectives ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Haitian diaspora literature ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Breath, Eyes, Memory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Krik? Krak! NERFINISHED ⓘ The Farming of Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Haiti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| structure |
fragmented narrative
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Duvalier-era Haiti
NERFINISHED
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late 20th century ⓘ |
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