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Novel 'Dew Breaker' Tells of Haitian Immigrant

By Michele Norris
Published March 15, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat about her latest collection of stories, The Dew Breaker. The interlinking tales reveal the character of a former Haitian torturer who now lives in Queens, New York, and struggles to come to terms with his past.

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