Krik? Krak! Audiobook

" Intense, compelling, amazing... One of my favorite short story collections. "

" I had to get this read before Good Thunder. Danticat is amazing...one of those writers who uses simple words in the best order to surprise you with the most powerful images. The first story in the collection "Children of the Sea" is responsible for the four-star rating. Beautiful story. Tragic story. Human story. I also enjoyed how the character names recurred throughout the book, forcing me to consider the connections among women across the decades and the continents. "

" Edwidge Danticat is my favorite author. I love her writing slyle, and have also had the priveledge of hearing her read once, when the Dew Breaker came out. This is a book of short stories...an insight into Haitian culture and it's struggles. I just read this book for the second time. Seni, I think you have my original copy, signed by the author. Hope you have read it by now. If not, get busy! "

" this book includes some very sad love stories & beautiful tales that put life in perspective in a really good way "

" Every woman has a story that would break your heart, and here they are... fresh on the page, and scaldingly poignant. "

" This is a great book for young adults and adults. It has different short stories which are very interesting and connect in some ways. I really liked the short story it had about a young lady and a young male who are far away and they are in love. They write eachother love letters and things that are happening to them, its like a love story. "

" I agree with Jim Gladstone's review, that these tales of Hatian women and families "take on the resonance of folk art." A lot of folk art is two-dimensional, right? Something about Danticat's writing style reminds me of this... it's missing a dimension, but not in a bad way. The complexity is found in the histories of the characters and the struggles they represent. "

" A good short story collection that shows the tragedies of Haiti before the earthquake. "

" One of my favorite book of collected short stories. Danticat is one of my all time favorite writers. Even though I'm Hispanic, I can very easily connect with the Hatian culture. "

" Oh, this book is everything I hoped it would be: beautiful, lyrical, and intensely painful. In fact, I couldn't finish it -- I need a break from it and then I'll return. "

" Profound and beautiful short stories about Haiti and refugees from Haiti living in Brooklyn, which all tie up in the end. "

" Several short stories woven together through time via generations of Hatian women. I especially liked the first story and the way she pulled everything together in the end. An eye opening powerful book. "

" Auntie Edwidge's first slice of brilliance. "

" Read this in college -I can't believe she was only a teenager when she wrote this! Very talented young writer! "

" A book packed full of powerful stories about feminine oppression within the Haitian culture. "

" Poignant, tough read, short stories about life in Haiti "

" Great Haitian author "

" Written very elegantly and true to the horrors of Haitian history. Danticat is amazing! "

" I feel like i've read this before. Thoroughly enjoyed it. "

" A heart-breaking set of short stories about Haiti. After reading this book I immediately wanted to read more by this author, and learn more about Haiti. "

" You can pretty much go read anything by Edwidge Danticat and you'll be all set, but I find her short stories marginally more breathtaking than her novels. Just my opinion. "

" An author I really enjoy. This series of 9 stories gives a voice to the women in Haiti over many years, an understanding of the history, troubles and all they have had to endure. If you haven't read Edwidge Danticat - you must! "

" I thought the stories were amazing and tragic. I was confused by the connections between them. Several referred to previous stories, but I was confused by the timeline of the stories. Most of the story revolve around sex and violence and are very powerful in the telling. "

" Auntie Edwidge's first slice of brilliance. "

" The best stories in this collection are the first and last, "Children of the Sea" and "Caroline's Wedding." "

" The stories are heartbreaking, but I'm not as big a fan of the writing and structure of the book, itself. Even so, my short time in Haiti is impetus enough to read the other book of hers that I have on my shelf. "

" A well-written look into a world I have no experience with. Incredibly depressing. "

" A series of short stories that center around Haitian women. Beautifully written, the stories will make you smile and cry, often in the same paragraph. "

" awesome awesome awesome! danticat is a fantastic writer! everyone should read this. it's a bunch of haitian short stories, but they are intertwined. very easy to read too "

" I don't often read short stories, but I will now. These are beautifully written haunting stories of a ravaged country, and this was before the earth quake. "