The Farming of Bones
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The Farming of Bones is a novel by Edwidge Danticat.
[edit] Plot Summary
The novel is the story of a young Haitian, Amabelle Desir and her countrymates in the Dominican Republic. After the death of her parents, Amabelle works as a housemaid to a landowner named Don Ignacio who is of Domincan decent. Amabelle and her lover Sebastian must flee to Haiti as the Dominican Republic government begins a genocide of Haitians to "cleanse the country". The core of the story includes the pronunciation of parsley or "perejil" to further divide the Haitians from the Dominicans, and highlights how seemingly tiny details can become the basis of racial hatred.
[edit] Characters
Amabelle
Papi (There are others)
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