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Crear en peligro - El trabajo del artista migrante - cover

Crear en peligro - El trabajo del artista migrante

Edwidge Danticat

Publisher: Banda Propia

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A mediados de los años sesenta, dos jóvenes haitianos fueron fusilados a las afueras del cementerio nacional de Puerto Príncipe frente a una multitud convocada por la dictadura de François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. La escritora haitiano-estadounidense Edwidge Danticat no recuerda cuándo escuchó por primera vez sobre esta ejecución convertida en espectáculo, pero sí que siempre la ha perseguido y obsesionado. Crear en peligro enlaza esta y otras historias que transcurren entre su país natal y Estados Unidos, su país adoptivo. Es un conjunto de ensayos literarios que exploran las vidas de artistas migrantes en momentos de crisis y diáspora, artistas que crean en peligro para gente que lee en peligro. Edwidge Danticat ha desarrollado una prosa nutrida de voces orales y cosmopolitas, de tradiciones narradas en inglés, creol y francés. Su originalidad la ha consolidado como una de las escritoras internacionales más celebradas y premiadas de su generación.
Available since: 05/02/2020.

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