Reflecting on three distinct periods in the unnamed narrator’s life in Guyana from the 1920s to the 1940s, this novel illustrates the various incidents that gradually change his perception of the worl
Set in 1961 Barbados, this novel centers on how the self-governing colony is ruled by a ?Labor” party while the sugar estate workers wonder whether slavery has ever ended. Raging against the ?White” a
A bleak portrayal of life on the Dungle?the rubbish heap where the very poorest squat?this beautifully poetic, existentialist novel turns an unwavering eye to life in the Jamaican ghetto. By interweav
Astonishingly vivid, bawdy, and tempestuous, this novel is a cautionary tale about greed and class conflict in postcolonial Guyana. Comparingruthless 20th-century prospectors to the long-ago Sp
What begins as a romantic tryst in a tropical setting quickly becomes, in this novel first published in 1938,?an imaginative exploration of two opposing cultural and economic frameworks in the?Caribbe
An iconic novel from a rebellious and politically active author, this story follows Jack, a sculptor and blacksmith, who idolizes the Biblical Samson as a figure of man’s independence. Deciding to car
Exploring the complicated landscape of human interaction within the walls of the offices of Essential Products Ltd., this serious yet comedic novel offers a glimpse into 1940s Trinidad. Against the ba
Both of the plays in this volume focus closely and dramatically on the pressures on the creative imagination of the writer and artist in the Caribbean. Couvade, which was first performed in Guyana in
Exploring one of the most broken of Caribbean cultural fragments, these seven short stories delve into the world of the Amerindians, Guyana’s most impoverished and marginalized ethnic group. Detailing
Only when he is on board the steamer halfway to their remote destination up river in Guyana does Milton Woodsley realize that there is more to Henry Nevinson’s invitation to spend time with his family
First published in 1976, Wages Paid is a short but powerful novel set on a sugar plantation in Jamaica during the years of slavery. It is remarkable for its form ? brief, separate paragraphs that b
Teeton lives three lives in England?one with a bohemian group of artist exiles, another is his curiously intimate relationship with his landlady, and finally as a secret revolutionary from the Caribbe
This updated version assembles the work of one of the Caribbean's major poets, Eric Merton Roach. A remarkable anthology, it collects the poems published in journals between 1938 and 1973, Roach's ear
George Campbell's poems began appearing in the 1930's, blast: through the colonial fustian of much current Jamaican poetry: First Poems, published in 1945, allowed the young Neville Dawes to feel, "we
In her second collection of poetry, author Tanya Shirley uses a mixture of acute observation, outrage, and outrageousness to present stories that have their finger on the pulse of contemporary Jamaica
This is the final installment in a quartet of novels that explores the lives of the small St Lucian middle class in the years around independence. Peter, after years abroad, has resumed his marriage w
Presenting some of the most noteworthy pieces from a remarkably influential West Indian poet, this anthology sheds light on the lesser-known literary accomplishments of Una Marson. Revealing the work
