About this title: Danticat's historical novel is about a bloody episode in the history of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780786217328ISBN:0786217324
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thorndike Press, Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780786217328ISBN:0786217324
Description: Good. LARGE PRINT hardcover edition withdrawn from the library. The card pocket page has been torn out by the library leaving a jagged edge to this page. Large Print text remains bright and presentable. A still useful reliable edtion. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Soho Press
Date Published: 7/1/2003
ISBN-13:9781569471265ISBN:1569471266
Description: New. Hardback w/ DJ. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1999-09-01
ISBN-13:9780140280494ISBN:0140280499
Description: New w/r-mk. PB, New Condition, r-mk, Ships promptly with delivery confirmation, tissue wrapped and in bubble mailer. We are a family owned bookseller with 5.0 Star rating, always customer focused. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Softbound
Publisher: Soho Press, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781569471265ISBN:1569471266
Description: Vg+ 8vo, 310, First Printing Stated. Uncorrected Proof. Bound in Orange and Black Printed Wraps. Mild reading crease at spine. small mild corner crease at bottom of fc. read more
Edition: First edition. First printing # row..
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Soho Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781569471265ISBN:1569471266
Description: New in new dust jacket. Pristine...nice...No marks no damage no remainder no writing unread. not price clipped.. Glued binding. Mint green Cloth over spine. Paper over boards. With dust jacket Title and Author gilt stamped on spine. 312 p. Audience: General/trade. MAIL THE SAME DAY. THANK YOU..07/20.. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Soho Pr Inc, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781569471265ISBN:1569471266
Description: Gerard Valcin (Jacket Art) Very Good in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 312 pages; First Printing; Textblock is tight with unmarked pages; Illustrated endpapers; Small mark to head of textblock; Fore-edge is rough-trimmed as published; Lovely cream-colored boards with a lime-green spine and the title in gold; Bright pictorial dust-jacket with no tears and modest shelf and edge wear; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable, clear mylar cover; ...('The Farming of Bones' ... read more
Description: Very Good. 0140280499 light shelf wear / edge wear cover / pages light discoloration around edges//"Buy with Confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Customer Service Makes All the Difference. " read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Soho Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781569471265ISBN:1569471266
Description: New in new dust jacket. New, unread, tight, perfect dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 312 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Soho Pr Inc, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781569471265ISBN:1569471266
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. An excellent hardcover copy, unread and like new. The binding is solid and square. The covering of very pale green cloth and parchment paper shows virtually no wear and looks fresh and sharp. The text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is also excellent. -------------------------------------------------------------This is the Haitian-born writer's second novel and third book. Set is 1937, against the background of Dominican President ... read more
Description: Very Good. 1569471266 Great condition First Edition ~ 1st Printing Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, dust jacket great, light shelf wear rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
"Danticat lays bare the little-known Parsley Massacre of 1937 in the Dominican Republic (where between 20 to 30 thousand Haitians were slaughtered under the orders of the Dominican President) through the eyes of Amabelle, a Haitian servant to Dominican sugar plantation owners.
Danticat has a poet's way with words but her prose is direct - you get the sense that she's gone over her manuscript repeatedly with a fine tooth comb, getting rid of all excess in the writing. The only problem with this is that sometimes the book feels too spare for whats being described within its pages. The story is written in the first person but I found myself constantly waiting for Amabelle's reaction to the hatred and violence around her. Then again, given the events that the book is based on, maybe words are not enough."
"The Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic of this story are socially and linguistically marked. As immigrants, their language is a source of scorn, and their lives and stories have no bearing in the colonial world the Spanish have built. What, then, do they have but their bodies as evidence of their existence? The author provides a markedly physical account of an underrepresented historical event. Her title references the slave-like physical abuse of a marginalized people and the backbreaking work of the industry that em[ploys them. Her account has bodies and body parts strewn throughout, with the dreamscapes and memories being among the most visceral. The story is told through the speech of bodies. The sheer physicality of the text is no surprise, given that we are party only to the perspectivized view of the pre-literate Amabelle, whose history of violence, muting and the disappearance of everyone she holds dear leaves her with no other means of expression. The ultimate irony is that bodies - mutilated or whole -- are ephemeral. However, literature is not, and this is a beautiful memorial."
""Many of us start out as twins in the belly and do away with the other."
As are many of Danticat's novels, The Farming of Bones is both a beautiful and devastating romance and historical fiction account. Though Brother I'm Dying remains by far my favorite of her books, The Farming of Bones probably comes in as a close second. Though it's desperately depressing and has put me off parsley for the time being."
"Just finished re-reading this book and I'm so glad I did. I wouldn't know anything of the 1937 Massacre if I hadn't read this book in college, and I think that is the underlying tragedy of the entire book. The story needs to be told.
I love the imagery and language. The characters are all haunted by their pasts (both before and after "the Cutting") but also seem like ghosts themselves. It is a beautiful reminder that we are all living deaths and we all are carrying around histories and memories that both build us to be ourselves and weigh us down."
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