{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"BookDragon","provider_url":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon","author_name":"Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center","author_url":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/author\/riemert\/","title":"The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat + Author Interview [in Bloomsbury Review] - BookDragon","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XOy8oOObUK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/dew-breaker-by-edwidge-danticat-author-interview\/\">The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat + Author Interview [in Bloomsbury Review]<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/dew-breaker-by-edwidge-danticat-author-interview\/embed\/#?secret=XOy8oOObUK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat + Author Interview [in Bloomsbury Review]&#8221; &#8212; BookDragon\" data-secret=\"XOy8oOObUK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2004\/09\/Dew-Breaker.jpg","thumbnail_width":317,"thumbnail_height":475,"description":"Horror, Hope &amp; Redemption: A Talk with Edwidge Danticat About Her Latest Novel, The Dew Breaker  When I mention to a dear friend in England, who happens to be an excellent fiction writer herself, that I\u2019m preparing to interview Edwidge Danticat, her reply is swift: \u201cI can\u2019t believe you\u2019re interviewing Edwidge Danticat. She is an amazing writer, writes all those things we Europeans are trained to feel they shouldn\u2019t name.\u201d Indeed, Danticat\u2019s books have covered some of the worst atrocities humans perpetrate on one another, while her prowess as a writer allows her to reveal her stories in nuanced, elegant prose. In spite of her youth \u2013 she\u2019s just in her mid-30s \u2013 the seemingly effortless grace of Danticat\u2019s work belies a wisdom gained only in experiences that cannot possibly be measured by age.   Her latest book is no different. Published last spring to unabashedly glowing reviews, The Dew Breaker is ultimately a novel of hope and redemption, but the details throughout are horrific and haunting. The title refers to a torturer employed by the brutal government of Fran\u00e7ois \u201cPapa Doc\u201d Duvalier to kidnap, maim, and kill people, so named because the dew breaker usually arrived \u201cbefore dawn, as the dew was settling on the leaves.\u201d   Like her latest novel, Danticat\u2019s other fiction, Breath, Eyes, Memory; Krik? Krak!; The Farming of Bones; and young adult novel Behind the Mountains, is a powerful mixture of her native Haiti\u2019s turbulent collective history and her own transforming journey to America. Born in a time of political and economic instability, Danticat was raised by her aunt and uncle in Haiti until her parents, who had previously emigrated to the United States, sent for her when she was 12. ...[click here for more]  Author interview: The Bloomsbury Review, September\/October 2004  Readers: Adult  Published: 2004"}