The farming of bones

by Edwidge Danticat

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Published 1999 by Thorndike Press in Thorndike, Me .
Written in English

Places:

• Dominican Republic,
• Haiti
Subjects:

• Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961 -- Fiction,
• Dominican-Haitian Conflict, 1937 -- Fiction,
• Haitians -- Dominican Republic -- Fiction,
• Women domestics -- Fiction,
• Plantation life -- Fiction,
• Massacres -- Fiction,
• Refugees -- Fiction,
• Genocide -- Fiction,
• Large type books,
• Dominican Republic -- Fiction,
• Haiti -- Fiction

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Edition Notes

Statement	Edwidge Danticat.
Genre	Fiction.
Classifications
LC Classifications	PS3554.A5815 F37 1999
The Physical Object
Pagination	416 p. (large print) ;
Number of Pages	416
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL380476M
ISBN 10	0786217324
LC Control Number	98042680

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This Study Guide consists of approximately 67 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Farming of Bones. Print Word PDF Take our free The Farming of Bones quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help. Early in the book, Danticat compares cane to bones, which when cut sound like dry chicken bones being broken. The cane life is called travay te pou zo, the farming of bones.

A strong second novel from the Haitian-born author whose debut, Breath, Eyes, Memory (), was recently anointed by Oprah, and whose story collection, Krik? Krak!, won the National Book Award in Danticat's subject is the massacre by Dominican islanders of Haitians living within their borders, at the command of Dominican dictator Trujillo&#;as experienced, and then remembered. The Farming of Bones: the Symbolic Portrayal of Water's Relation to Death vs. Life Words | 7 Pages. how it affects her in the novel. In a time where there was much death and tragedy, Danticat’s depictions gives us insight into just how horrific the events were that took place during the period of . In many ways, The Farming of Bones is a meditation on survival. Each character in the novel—Amabelle, Sebastien, Father Romain, Man Denise, Man Rapadou, just to name a .

The Farming of Bones Summary Words | 7 Pages. Component B “The Farming of Bones” By: ~Edwidge Danticat~ Talking about the culture brought throughout this book, your looking at a Latin American culture, specifically the Dominican/Haitian cultures. Thesis Statement The book, “The Farming of Bones” sets a trajectory of a survivor through the massacre of Haiti and projects the aftermath of the government’s decision regarding the propaganda for ‘cleansing the country”. This essay intends to judge these two facets of the book along with its ephemeral relation of celebrating human. A love story set in the most brutal of times, The Farming of Bones is one of those books you will read in one or two sittings and think about for the rest of your life. Set in Haiti during the Parsley Massacre of , this book will force you to look at one of the worst moments in history.