Name/Title
The Coriolis Effect / Edwidge DanticatEntry/Object ID
2025.16.21Description
Cover of marbled paper of gray, dark gray, blue, and black. Edges of many pages are left untrimmed. Book information in a folio tucked into the front. 56 pages, but unnumbered. Fourth book in a subscription series of little contemporary first editions. Colophon at back. Front cover paper extends past the board and fore edge.
Twelve brief fictional statements reflecting on the experience of young Haitian-American women. A series of twelve short pieces of prose inspired by lessons in an English-as-a-second-language workbook.Collection
Howard KistlerDimensions
Height
19.3 cmWidth
13.9 cmParts
Book with loose prospectusBook Details
Author
Edwidge DanticatIllustrator
Gaylord SchanilecVolume/Number/Issue
No. 144 of 170 copiesPublisher
Midnight Paper SalesDate Published
2002Printer
Gaylord SchanilecDate Printed
2002Binding
Binding Type
Case bindingBinding Notes
Bound by Frank Banner and Lucy Graber. Hardcover case binding with a yap edge. Marbled paper by Carol Scott on boards with glued on paper headbands.Notes
Hand-set in Walbaum, with 12 wooden numerals illuminated by Gaylord Schanilec. Paper for the covers marbled by Carol Scott.
