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Consider reading other books by Edwidge Danticat, like Breath, Eyes, Memory and The Farming of Bones.
Consider reading books by other Haitian authors, like Roxane Gay and Lyonel Trouillot.
Consider pairing Krik? Krak! with Dominican author Junot Diaz’s book of short stories Drown.
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The Question and Answer section for Krik? Krak! is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Danticat's work has given a silenced Haiti back its voice back after the oppressive regimes of François Duvalier and his son Jean-Claude Duvalier. Krik? Krak! is one of the main texts Danticat wrote about the lives of pedestrian Haitians trying to...
The macoutes are the militia of Haitian dictator François Duvalier. The macoutes helped Duvalier gain and hold onto power during the corrupt 1957 Haitian elections.
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