Claire of the Sea Light
From the national bestselling author of Brother, I’m Dying and The Dew Breaker: a “fiercely beautiful” novel (Los Angeles Times) that brings us deep into the intertwined lives of a small seaside town where a little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, has gone missing.
Just as her father makes the wrenching decision to send her away for a chance at a better life, Claire Limyè Lanmè—Claire of the Sea Light—suddenly disappears. As the people of the Haitian seaside community of Ville Rose search for her, painful secrets, haunting memories, and startling truths are unearthed. In this stunning novel about intertwined lives, Edwidge Danticat crafts a tightly woven, breathtaking tapestry that explores the mysterious bonds we share—with the natural world…
$23.00
July 1, 2014
EDWIDGE DANTICAT is the author of numerous books, including The Art of Death, a National Book Critics Circle finalist; Claire of the Sea Light, a New York TimesNotable Book; Brother, I'm Dying, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist; The Dew Breaker, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and winner of the inaugural Story Prize; The Farming of Bones, an American Book Award winner; Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah's Book Club selection; and Krik? Krak!, also a National Book Award finalist. A 2018 Neustadt International Prize for Literature winner and the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" grant, she has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, and elsewhere.
EDWIDGE DANTICAT is available for select readings and lectures. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact…
Watch Out for Falling Iguanas
Danticat, Edwidge
Everything Inside: Reese's Book Club
Edwidge Danticat
The Penguin Book of Migration Literature
Edited with an Introduction by Dohra Ahmad; Foreword by Edwidge Danticat
Hadriana in All My Dreams
René Depestre; Edwidge Danticat
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin; Introduction by Edwidge Danticat
A Walk Through Carnival
Edwidge Danticat
Mama's Nightingale
Edwidge Danticat; Illustrated by Leslie Staub
After the Dance
Edwidge Danticat
Claire of the Sea Light
Edwidge Danticat
Haiti Noir 2
Edwidge Danticat
Haiti Noir
Edwidge Danticat
Love, Anger, Madness
Marie Vieux-Chauvet; Introduction by Edwidge Danticat
Brother, I'm Dying
Edwidge Danticat
The Dew Breaker
Edwidge Danticat
Bad Behavior
Mary Gaitskill
The Cliffs: Reese's Book Club
J. Courtney Sullivan
Blue Ruin
Hari Kunzru
Burn
Peter Heller
In the Orchard
Eliza Minot
The Last Ranger
Peter Heller
Marrying the Ketchups
Jennifer Close
You Have a Friend in 10A
Maggie Shipstead
Harrow
Joy Williams
Phase Six
Jim Shepard
The Guide
Peter Heller
A Bright Ray of Darkness
Ethan Hawke
The Sun Collective
Charles Baxter
Red Pill
Hari Kunzru