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A review by madelinepuckett
Ayiti by Roxane Gay
4.0
As I tend to do with all of Roxane Gay’s books, I devoured this one in a single sitting. Every piece of Gay’s writing - both fiction and nonfiction - has a unique vibration that is deep and penetrating.
This collection of short stories centers around Haiti. Stories oscillate between immigrants’ journeys away from their country of origin and journeys home to face past traumas and family history.
Sexual violence and trauma is one of the themes explored, especially in one woman’s story of her marriage and honeymoon kidnapping. Much of Gay’s writing tends to overlap, and although I was reminded of her novel An Untamed State it was different enough to create its own reading experience.
If you’re familiar with Gay’s writing, this collection may strike as redundant with some stories (much like her other collection, Difficult Women). But if you are a fan of her writing, you will enjoy this book.
This collection of short stories centers around Haiti. Stories oscillate between immigrants’ journeys away from their country of origin and journeys home to face past traumas and family history.
Sexual violence and trauma is one of the themes explored, especially in one woman’s story of her marriage and honeymoon kidnapping. Much of Gay’s writing tends to overlap, and although I was reminded of her novel An Untamed State it was different enough to create its own reading experience.
If you’re familiar with Gay’s writing, this collection may strike as redundant with some stories (much like her other collection, Difficult Women). But if you are a fan of her writing, you will enjoy this book.