The Farming of Bones

Edwidge Danticat

Original title: The farming of bones

earliest edition we have, 1998 Abacus, 1999 paperback 312 pages

It is 1937, the Dominican side of the Haitian border. Amabelle, orphaned at the age of eight when her parents drowned, is a maid to the young wife of an army colonel. She has grown up in this household, a faithful servant. Sebastien is a field hand, an itinerant sugarcane cutter. They are Haitians, useful to the Dominicans but not really welcome. There are rumors that in other towns Haitians are being persecuted, eve...

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Editions we hold

The farming of bones edition · 2013 · Abacus · 9780349111636
Farming of Bones edition · 2009 · Marco Book Company · 9780784813669
Farming of Bones edition · 2003 · Soho Press, Incorporated · 9781299579071
The farming of bones edition · 2000 · Abacus, Sphere
Cosecha de huesos paperback · 1999 · Grupo Editorial Norma · 312 pages · 9789580452058
Farming of Bones edition · 1999 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 320 pages · 9780316848152
The farming of bones edition · 1999 · Penguin Books · 312 pages
The Farming of Bones paperback · 1999 · Abacus · 312 pages · 9780349111643
The farming of bones edition · 1999 · Thorndike Press · 416 pages
Farming of Bones edition · 1999 · Turtleback · 9780613215220
The Farming of Bones paperback · 1998 · Soho · 336 pages · 9781616953492
Farming of Bones edition · 1998 · Soho Press, Incorporated · 9781569471418

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