{"product_id":"the-world-is-moving-around-me-a-memoir-of-the-haiti-earthquake-9781551524986","title":"The World Is Moving Around Me: A Memoir of the Haiti Earthquake","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn January 12, 2010, novelist Dany Laferri re had just ordered dinner at a Port-au-Prince restaurant with a friend when the earthquake struck. He survived; some three hundred thousand others did not. The quake caused widespread destruction and left over one million homeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis moving and revelatory book is an eyewitness account of the quake and its aftermath. In a series of vignettes, Laferri re reveals the shock, rage, and grief experienced by those around him, the acts of heroism he witnessed, and his own sense of survivor guilt. At one point, his nephew, astonished at still being alive, asks his uncle not to write about \"this,\" \"this\" being too horrible to give up so easily to those who were not there. But as a writer, Laferri re can't make such a promise. Still, the question is raised: to whom does this disaster belong? Who gets to talk and write about it? In this way, this book is not only the chronicle of a natural disaster; it is also a personal meditation about the responsibility and power of the written word in a manner that echoes certain post-Holocaust books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes a foreword by Micha lle Jean, UN special envoy to Haiti and the former Governor General of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDany Laferri re\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1953. He is the author of fourteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eHeading South\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Make Love to a Negro without Getting Tired\u003c\/i\u003e. His awards include the Prix M dicis and the Governor General's Literary Award. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551524986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dany Laferri\u0026#232;re","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659521978524,"sku":"9781551524986","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_91f6ca78-785d-47a9-b82f-5cf770aa25eb.jpg?v=1603895000","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-world-is-moving-around-me-a-memoir-of-the-haiti-earthquake-9781551524986","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}