Ayiti

De: Roxane Gay

Narrado por: Roxane Gay

From New York Times best-selling powerhouse Roxane Gay, Ayiti is a powerful collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience. Originally published by a small press, this edition will make Gay’s debut widely available for the first time, including several new stories.

In Ayiti, a married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland. A young woman procures a voodoo love potion to ensnare a childhood classmate. A mother takes a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed. And a woman conceives a daughter on the bank of a river while fleeing a horrific massacre, a daughter who later moves to America for a new life but is perpetually haunted by the mysterious scent of blood.

These early stories showcase Gay’s prowess as "one of the voices of our age” (National Post, Canada).

©2011, 2018 Roxane Gay. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

As you would expect

Roxanne Gay is incredible as always. Got me crying in the car on my way to work with that queer love.

Stories I never knew I wanted to learn

I loved everything about this audio book. The performance kept me in the experience every minute of every story.
Each story, showed me a different world that other people call their only world. Some stories are heartbreaking other are inspiring.
Thank you for an amazing experience.

Meh

Just okay, nothing special or riveting here. I really had a tough time following this one.

Not great

I was hoping to learn a bit more of Haiti,but book only stressed that Haitians have full active and varied sex lives

Raw Yet Gentle

Love, truth and jagged edges intertwine in rich full bloom. Excellent! Author’s narration exquisitely positions the reader at the heart of the matter.