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- catalog abstract "A novel on a massacre of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic of the 1930s. The protagonists are two Haitian lovers, a sugarcane cutter and a maid. Twenty thousand people died in a government-led campaign of ethnic cleansing. By the author of Breath, Eyes, Memory. The young Haitian National Book Award nominee tells an epic tale of the 1937 tragedy at the border between Haiti & the Dominican Republic. An emotion-charged historical novel about the people of Haiti & the Dominican Republic in which Amabelle, an aging Haitian woman, recalls the the terrible massacre of 1937 & what happened to her & the man she loved. From the acclaimed author of "Krik? Krak!". 1937: On the Dominican side of the Haiti border, Amabelle, a maid to the young wife of an army colonel falls in love with sugarcane cutter Sebastien. She longs to become his wife and walk into their future. Instead, terror unfolds them. But the story does not end here: it begins.".
- catalog contributor b10825619.
- catalog coverage "Dominican Republic Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "Dominican Republic History 1930-1961 Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "Haiti Fiction.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "A novel on a massacre of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic of the 1930s. The protagonists are two Haitian lovers, a sugarcane cutter and a maid. Twenty thousand people died in a government-led campaign of ethnic cleansing. By the author of Breath, Eyes, Memory. The young Haitian National Book Award nominee tells an epic tale of the 1937 tragedy at the border between Haiti & the Dominican Republic. An emotion-charged historical novel about the people of Haiti & the Dominican Republic in which Amabelle, an aging Haitian woman, recalls the the terrible massacre of 1937 & what happened to her & the man she loved. From the acclaimed author of "Krik? Krak!". 1937: On the Dominican side of the Haiti border, Amabelle, a maid to the young wife of an army colonel falls in love with sugarcane cutter Sebastien. She longs to become his wife and walk into their future. Instead, terror unfolds them. But the story does not end here: it begins.".
- catalog extent "312 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Farming of bones.".
- catalog identifier "1569471266 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Farming of bones.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, NY : Soho Press,".
- catalog relation "Farming of bones.".
- catalog spatial "Dominican Republic Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Dominican Republic History 1930-1961 Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Dominican Republic".
- catalog spatial "Haiti Fiction.".
- catalog subject "813/.54 21".
- catalog subject "Dominican-Haitian Conflict, 1937 Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Genocide Dominican Republic Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Genocide Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Haitians Dominican Republic Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Haitians Dominican Republic History 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Massacres Dominican Republic History 20th century Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Massacres Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PS3554.A5815 F37 1998".
- catalog subject "Plantation life Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Refugees Dominican Republic Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Refugees Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961 Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Women household employees Fiction.".
- catalog title "The farming of bones : a novel / Edwidge Danticat.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".