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The Farming of Bones Study Guide

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by Edwidge Danticat
About 78 pages (23,516 words)
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The Farming of Bones Study Guide consists of approx. 78 pages of summaries and analysis on The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

The Farming of Bones begins with the narrator describing her lover Sebastien Onius. Sebastien is a cane cutter. He is one of many Haitians who came across the border to find work in the Dominican sugar cane mill settlements. Sebastien's body and face are scarred from the cane, but he is handsome to Amabelle, the servant companion to a wealthy Dominican army wife. Amabelle admires Sebastien's size and the strength of his body after four seasons in the cane fields. (read more)
      Chapter 1
      Chapter 2
      Chapters 3-4
      Chapters 5-7
      Chapter 8
      Chapters 9-12
      Chapters 13-16
      Chapters 17-20
      Chapters 21-26
      Chapters 27-29
      Chapters 30-32
      Chapters 33-36
      Chapters 37-40
      Chapter 41

  Characters

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Literary Heritage

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

      Critical Essay #1
      Critical Essay #2
      Critical Essay #3

  Topics for Further Study

  What Do I Read Next?

  Further Reading

  Sources

  Copyright Information

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    Critical Review by Publishers Weekly
    SOURCE: A review of The Farming of Bones, in Publishers Weekly, Vol. 245, No. 23, June 8, 1998. The ... more

    Critical Review by Michael Upchurch
    SOURCE: “No Room for the Living,” in New York Times Book Review, September 27, 1998. In the foll... more


     
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