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.
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Ka's father tells her that he felt he was not worthy of being immortalized by his art. He then confesses that the stories she’s heard all her life about his being imprisoned in Haiti are not true.... that he was, in fact, employed to kill and...
The main theme portrayed in this collection of intertwined stories is the historical recollection of oppression that the Haitian people suffered under the totalitarian rule of their dictator Papa Doc. It shows the forceful expression of power, and...
The preacher has been speaking out against the Hatian government and dictator. As a result of his actions, his wife is poisoned.
