A review by bgg616
Haiti Noir by Edwidge Danticat

5.0

This is not traditional noir, but rather stories of Haiti, which are dark. All but 2 of the authors are Haitian or Haitian American. The 2 non-Haitians are Mark Kurlansky who worked for 8 years in the Caribbean, writing about Haiti, and Madison Smartt Bell, who has written a trilogy about the Haitian revolution. A number of the Haitian authors wrote in Kreyol and these have been translated. There is an authenticity about this book that I believe is due to Danticat's meticulous job as editor. Three of the stories deal with the 2010 earthquake.