Courageous . . . Beautiful . . . The Dew Breaker is brilliant book, undoubtedly the best one yet by an enormously talented writer. The Washington Post Book World
Ms. Danticat s most persuasive, organic performance yet. . . . Each tale in The Dew Breaker could stand on its own as a beautifully made story, but they come together like jigsaw-puzzle pieces to create a picture of this man's terrible history and his and his victims' afterlife. The New York Times
Filled with quiet intensity and elegant, thought-provoking prose. . . . An elegiac and powerful novel with a fresh presentation of evil and the healing potential of forgiveness. People
Luminous. . . . This is a tale of crime and punishment in the great tradition of Dostoevsky. The Baltimore Sun
A devastating story of love, delusion, and history. O, The Oprah Magazine
Danticat s gift is to combine both sympathy and clarity in a moral tangle that becomes as tight as a Haitian community. Time
Breathtaking . . . With terrifying wit and flowered pungency, Edwidge Danticat has managed over the past 10 years to portray the torment of the Haitian people. . . . In The Dew Breaker, Danticat has written a Haitian truth: prisoners all, even the jailers. The New York Times Book Review
Danticat [is] surely one of contemporary fiction s most sensitive conveyors of hope s bittersweet persistence in the midst of poverty and violence. The Miami Herald
Thrillingly topical . . . [The Dew Breaker] shines. . . . Danticat leads her readers into the underworld. It s furnished like home. Los Angeles Times Book Review
Stunning . . . Beautifully written fiction [that] seamlessly blend[s] the personal and political, [and] asks questions about shame and guilt, forgiveness and redemption, and the legacy of violence . . . haunting. USA Today
Fascinating. . . . Danticat is a fine and serious fiction writer who has slowly grown as an artist with each book she has written. The Chicago Tribune
In its varied characters, its descriptive power and its tightly linked images and themes, [The Dew Breaker] is a rewarding and affecting read, rich with insights not just about Haiti but also about the human condition. San Francisco Chronicle
[The Dew Breaker] is, most profoundly, about love s healing powers. From its marvelous descriptions of place to the gentle opening up of characters, this is a book that engages the imagination. Elle
With her grace and her imperishable humanity . . . [Danticat] makes sadness beautiful. The New York Observer
Danticat has an emotional imagination capable of evoking empathy for both predator and prey. Entertainment Weekly
With characteristic lyricism and grace, Danticat probes the painful legacy of a time when sons turned against their fathers, children were orphaned, and communities were torn apart. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Delicate and poetic . . . Danticat [is] more than a storyteller, she s a writer. . . . Her voice is like an X-Acto knife precise, sharp and perfect for carving out small details. The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Filled with quiet intensity and elegant, thought-provoking prose . . . An elegiac and powerful novel with a fresh presentation of evil and the healing potential of forgiveness. People
[Danticat] fuses the beauty and tragedy of her native land, a land her characters want to forget and remember all at once. Ebony
In these stories Edwidge Danticat continues to speak eloquently for those who in losing their sorrowful homeland have lost their voices. The Boston Globe
Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat presents simple truths this, the novelist seems to be saying is how you understand; here is the primer for survival. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
