Dèy
Heartfelt ... The novelist’s duty is to present such questions and then leave the room — to grant the reader space to ponder them. Danticat does this masterfully, particularly regarding the subjects of love and home ... Despite its title — the Kreyòl word for mourning — there is hope, however faint, in this tender novel.
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Edwidge Danticat is an international treasure, and her sixth novel, Dèy, proves it ... Danticat isn’t the showiest writer, and that’s part of her brilliance. She eschews jaw-breaker words for les mots justes to express the complicated joys of human connection.
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A powerful study of motherhood, nationhood, and violence.
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