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Alfred A. Knopf. Publication date. 2004. ISBN. 1-4000-3429-9. OCLC. 1014282481. The Dew Breaker is a collection of linked stories by Edwidge Danticat, published in 2004. The title comes from the Haitian Creole name for a torturer during the regimes of François "Papa Doc" and Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.
The Book of the Dead is a long narrative poem written by Muriel Rukeyser, appearing in her collection US 1. Published in 1938, the poem deals with the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster , also known as the Gauley Tunnel Tragedy, in which predominately poor, migrant mine workers in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia succumbed to death caused by the ...
The Dew Breaker (2004) Edwidge Danticat ( Haitian Creole pronunciation: [ɛdwidʒ dãtika]; born January 19, 1969) [1] is a Haitian-American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or edited several books and ...
The Book of the Dead was most commonly written in hieroglyphic or hieratic script on a papyrus scroll, and often illustrated with vignettes depicting the deceased and their journey into the afterlife. The finest extant example of the Egyptian in antiquity is the Papyrus of Ani. Ani was an Egyptian scribe.
The words include: My mouth is opened, by mouth is split open by Shu with that iron harpoon of his with which he split open the mouths of the gods. — Book of the Dead, spell 23 [3] 24. Secured some essential ability for the deceased. 25. Caused the deceased to remember his name after death.
1914. Chronology. Grace. —. " The Dead " is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce. It is by far the longest story in the collection and, at 15,952 words, is almost long enough to be described as a novella. The story deals with themes of love and loss, as well as raising questions about the nature of the Irish ...
Preceded by. Predator. Followed by. Scarpetta. Book of the Dead is a 2007 crime novel written by Patricia Cornwell. [1] It is the fifteenth book in the popular Kay Scarpetta series [2] and the fourth consecutive novel in the series to be written in third-person omniscient style, rather than Cornwell's traditional first-person narrative.
Almanac of the Dead takes place in the American Southwest and Central America, focusing on the conflict between Anglo-Americans and Native Americans. [when?] It follows the stories of dozens of major characters in a non-linear narrative format, switching between the present day, flashbacks, and occasional mythological storytelling.