Title
The World Is Moving Around Me: A Memoir Of The Haiti Earthquake
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On January 12, 2010, Novelist Dany Laferrire Had Just Ordered Dinner At A Portauprince Restaurant With A Friend When The Earthquake Struck. He Survived; Some Three Hundred Thousand Others Did Not. The Quake Caused Widespread Destruction And Left Over One Million Homeless.This Moving And Revelatory Book Is An Eyewitness Account Of The Quake And Its Aftermath. In A Series Of Vignettes, Laferrire Reveals The Shock, Rage, And Grief Experienced By Those Around Him, The Acts Of Heroism He Witnessed, And His Own Sense Of Survivor Guilt. At One Point, His Nephew, Astonished At Still Being Alive, Asks His Uncle Not To Write About This, This Being Too Horrible To Give Up So Easily To Those Who Were Not There. But As A Writer, Laferrire Can'T Make Such A Promise. Still, The Question Is Raised: To Whom Does This Disaster Belong? Who Gets To Talk And Write About It? In This Way, This Book Is Not Only The Chronicle Of A Natural Disaster; It Is Also A Personal Meditation About The Responsibility And Power Of The Written Word In A Manner That Echoes Certain Postholocaust Books.Includes A Foreword By Michalle Jean, Un Special Envoy To Haiti And The Former Governor General Of Canada.Dany Laferrire Was Born In Portauprince, Haiti, In 1953. He Is The Author Of Fourteen Novels, Including Heading South And How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired. His Awards Include The Prix Mdicis And The Governor General'S Literary Award. He Lives In Montreal, Quebec.
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