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# Ayiti Paperback – October 11, 2011

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## Customer Reviews

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    a confident and eye-opening debut
  

*by C***Z on Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2011*

In her debut collection, "Ayiti," Roxane Gay gives us the gift of honest and authentic access to worlds that are unfamiliar to most. When a writer is faced with this situation -- knowing that their potential audience will likely be learning about a community / cultural for the first time with their book -- the writer can either chose to embrace that role, and serve as an educator or tour guide, careful and clear... Or they can, as Gay does (and writers like Sherman Alexie have before her) and ignore it, allow instead the reader to ride shotgun as she explore its landscape, the dark and the light."Ayiti" is a collection of short fiction, and each piece -- some as short as a page, other continuing on for several -- speaks to the Haitian experience: the harrowing and the beautiful, the harsh and the humorous, the illusion and the reality. The diversity of narrators and the approaches (one story, told in list form, went from clever to absolutely heart wrenching in three short pages; another piece, written to the country of Nicaragua, is a sly and effective critique on the power and influence of media) makes the reading of this book a pleasure.But what I can appreciate the most is where Gay meets the reader as an author. She is a sure-footed and honest, and you trust every choice she makes: what she shares and what she doesn't, what she dwells on and what she ignores, where she comes into the story and when she exits. Although each story is different, the character of Gay's writing remains the same.Gay has already made a name for herself within my internet-savvy generational of writers through her widely-published fiction and essays, and I hope that this book will introduce even more readers to her and her brilliant, ever-evolving work.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    My favorite Roxane Gay book
  

*by Y***O on Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2022*

Roxane Gay has a way with words and Ayiti is a great example of that. The raw emotions and descriptions will keep you engaged with every short story

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    Exquisitely written
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2020*

I so enjoyed this wonderfully evocative book. There was a simplicity yet lyricism to her language that made you want to savour each word. Every story evoked an emotion. Every story gave you pause to stop and contemplate. I could wrap my mind around these characters, mostly women, each with their distinct stories. I could empathise with the experience of being away from your homeland and the biased, oppressive perceptions of those who thought of themselves as better merely by being not from there.Roxanne Gay whetted my appetite and I look forward to reading more of her books with great anticipation.

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