A work of historical fiction, bringing to life the 1937 Parsley genocidal massacre in the Dominican Republic, ordered by dictator Rafael Trujillo, through the narratorial voice of Amabelle Desir, a Haitian orphan living in the DR.
The Farming of Bones
Country of Authorship: Haiti
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Soho Press
Publication Year: 1998