Dèy

Danticat delivers a resounding testament to the strength gained by sharing, whether in celebration, fear, grief, or family memories. This delicate and wonderful novel draws beauty from heartache. * Publisher's Weekly *
[A] beautiful exploration of migration, gentrification and political instability. * NPR *
A searching work from one of our most gifted and consistent writers. * The Boston Globe *
Danticat's sentences are amazing. * Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker *
In graceful, gimlet-eyed prose, Edwidge Danticat stares down preconceptions of family and belonging, lending her novel propulsion and promise. * Time *
Edwidge Danticat's first novel in over a decade is a pristine account of the slowly unfolding aftereffects of shock * New York Magazine *
Edwidge Danticat probes the ideas of safety, home, and survival all while examining the consequences of not speaking about one's pain * Vulture *
I love an author who knows how to emotionally wreck me, and few do it better than Edwidge Danticat . . . Danticat is a writer of both nuance and emotional force, and in Déy, she captures both * Chicago Review of Books *
Edwidge Danticat is back (after a decade!) with this powerful narrative of trauma, family and home. I was hooked from the first page, and while the story slows down, it flows beautifully and thoughtfully. With Haitian language and diaspora woven throughout, Dèy is an evocative reflection on contemporary violence and grief * Ms. Magazine *
A powerful study of motherhood, nationhood, and violence * Kirkus *