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Ghosts and the sea take lead roles in Violet Kupersmith and Edwidge Dantica's novels

Ghosts and the sea take lead roles in Violet Kupersmith and Edwidge Dantica's novels

FromNPR's Book of the Day


Ghosts and the sea take lead roles in Violet Kupersmith and Edwidge Dantica's novels

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The first interview today, Build Your House Around My Body, is by debut novelist Violet Kupersmith and it's about a young Vietnamese woman who disappears; ghosts are involved. She told NPR's Ari Shapiro that she was "attracted to the ghost as a way of getting revenge." The second novel is also about a young woman's disappearance, this time in Haiti. Award winning author Edwidge Danticat's Claire of The Sea Light involves the sea instead of ghosts, though. Danticat told NPR's Rachel Martin that the sea is very important in Haitian Creole.
Released:
Jan 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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