Ayiti

Hardback

Main Details

Title Ayiti
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Roxane Gay
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 207,Width 139
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9781472154170
ClassificationsDewey:813.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint Corsair
Publication Date 2 August 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

From New York Times-bestselling powerhouse Roxane Gay, AYITI is a powerful collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience. In AYITI, a married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland. A young woman procures a voodoo love potion to ensnare a childhood classmate. A mother takes a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed. And a woman conceives a daughter on the bank of a river while fleeing a horrific massacre, a daughter who later moves to America for a new life but is perpetually haunted by the mysterious scent of blood. Originally published by a small press, this edition will make Gay's debut widely available for the first time, including several new stories. 'These early stories showcase Gay's prowess as one of the voices of our age' (National Post, Canada).

Author Biography

Roxane Gay is also the New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Hunger; the story collection Difficult Women; the novel An Untamed State, which was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; the essay collection Bad Feminist; and several comic books in Marvel's Black Panther: World of Wakandaseries. She divides her time between Indiana and Los Angeles.

Reviews

A writer of prodigious, arresting talent - the Guardian