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Reading Edwidge Danticat’s first novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, for the first time in 2015 is a remarkable experience … It is clear in retrospect that this is a novel whose literary resonance has been profound, one that opened many doors for others — without it, would we have The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao?