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02757aam a2200397 i 4500 001 FC39F7E03D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230818010103 008 220725t20232023nyu 000 f eng 010 $a 2022034921 020 $a 1635422825 020 $a 9781635422825 035 $a (OCoLC)1320808678 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d JVK $d ORZ $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 042 $a pcc 043 $a nwht--- 050 00 $a PQ3949.3.A46 $b S6513 2023 082 00 $a 843/.92 $2 23/eng/20221130 100 1 $a AmeÌrique, Jean d', $d 1994- $e author. 240 10 $a Soleil aÌ coudre. $l English 245 12 $a A sun to be sewn / $c Jean D'AmeÌrique ; translated from the French by Thierry Kehou. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Other Press LLC, $c [2023] 300 $a 148 pages ; $c 19 cm 520 $a "A brutal fable full of poetry, desire, and blood, where the naiÌveteÌ of a young Haitian girl struggling against impossible odds collides with the unrelenting cruelty of the world. "You will be alone in the great night." That's what Papa has always prophesied to her. Papa, who isn't her real father-he disappeared when she was born. Since then, her mother has been forced to walk the streets to provide for herself and her daughter, while Papa robs and murders for the local gang leader, to ensure his access to ganja and alcohol, but also for the sheer pleasure of it. Often finding herself alone within the four walls of a hovel in a Haitian slum with corrugated iron for a roof, the young girl tirelessly tries to compose a letter that will capture what is in her heart and soul. She is consumed with love for a classmate, the daughter of her teacher, and struggles to find words to faithfully express her feelings and her dreams. In a poetic language that encompasses poverty and idealism, she quietly observes the violence, the shortcomings, and the addictions of the adults around her. Her love and passion make her resilient, nurturing her character and helping her to invent a destiny that enables her to escape the fate to which she seemed doomed"-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a Originally published in French as Soleil aÌ coudre in 2021 by Actes Sud, Paris. 546 $a In English, translated from French. 650 0 $a Girls $z Haiti $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921742 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a D'AmeÌrique, Jean. $t Sun to be sewn $d New York : Other Press, 2023 $z 9781635422832 $w (DLC) 2022034922 700 1 $a Kehou, Thierry, $e translator. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305042405.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117020308.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FC39F7E03D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search