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Haiti noir / edited by Edwidge Danticat. - New York : Akashic Books, c2011. - 309 p. : map ; 22 cm. - Akashic noir series .

The writers ... here are part of the fluorishing contemporary scene in Haitian literature, both in Haiti and in the Haitian diaspora ... with two Haitiphile blan"--P. 14. Some stories translated from the French.

Which noir?: Odette / The rainbow's end / The finger / Paradise Inn / Which one? / Twenty dollars / Noir crossroads: Claire of the sea light / The harem / Rosanna / Maloulou / Dangerous crossroads / Blues for Irène / Who is that noir?: The last department / Departure lounge / Who is that man? / Mercy at the gate / The leopard of Ti Morne / The blue hill / Patrick Sylvain. M.J. Fievre. Gary Victor. Kettly Mars. Evelyne Trouillot. Madison Smartt Bell -- Edwidge Danticat. Ibi Aanu Zoboi. Josaphat-Robert Large. Marie Lily Cerat. Louis-Philippe Dalembert. Marvin Victor -- Katia D. Ulysse. Nadine Pinede. Yanick Lahens. Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel. Mark Kurlansky. Rodney Saint-Éloi.

A collection of crime and noir stories set in Haiti.

ISBN: 9781617750137 (hardcover) 1617750131 (hardcover) 9781936070657 (trade pbk.) 1936070650 (trade pbk.)

LCCN: 2010935891

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB0A5388 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015640046 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Noir fiction.
Short stories, Haitian--Translations into English.
Short stories, Haitian.
Detective and mystery stories, French--Translations into English.
Detective and mystery stories.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Haiti--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PQ3948.5.H22 / H354 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 843.08720897294 808.3/872/097294 DAN