What storm, what thunder / Myriam J.A. Chancy.
"At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster--Richard, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter, Anne, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO; a small-time drug trafficker, Leopold, who pines for a beautiful call girl; Sonia and her business partner, Dieudonné, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death; Didier, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston; Sara, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp; her husband, Olivier, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves; their son, Jonas, who haunts them both; and Ma Lou, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all. Artfully weaving together these lives, witness is given to the desolation wreaked by nature and by man. Brilliantly crafted, fiercely imagined, and deeply haunting, What Storm, What Thunder is a singular, stunning record, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster, and-at the same time-an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781951142766
- ISBN: 1951142764
- Physical Description: 313 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Tin House, ©2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
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Subject: | Earthquakes > Fiction. Port-au-Prince Bay (Haiti) > Fiction. |
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Abington Community Library | FICTION CHANCY (Text) | 50687011745927 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | F CHA (Text) | 37268003123593 | AHMFL Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library | CHA (Text) | 33249024479549 | Fiction | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | FIC CHANCY, MYRIAM (Text) | 36446002048851 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Exeter Community Library | CHA (Text) | 33249025310149 | Fiction | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | FIC CHANCY MYRIAM (Text) | 35740635778731 | Fiction | Available | - |
Highland Community Library | F CHA (Text) | 35610000982467 | HGHM Fiction | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Chancy (Text) | 39427103618385 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library | FIC CHANCY (Text) | 39636100438254 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | FIC CHA (Text) | 33400001538605 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster--Richard, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter, Anne, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO; a small-time drug trafficker, Leopold, who pines for a beautiful call girl; Sonia and her business partner, Dieudonné, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death; Didier, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston; Sara, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp; her husband, Olivier, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves; their son, Jonas, who haunts them both; and Ma Lou, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all. Artfully weaving together these lives, witness is given to the desolation wreaked by nature and by man. Brilliantly crafted, fiercely imagined, and deeply haunting, What Storm, What Thunder is a singular, stunning record, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster, and-at the same time-an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit"--