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Book Synopsis Mesye Kwik! Kwak by : Giftus R. John
Download or read book Mesye Kwik! Kwak written by Giftus R. John and published by Virtualbookworm Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominica is an island rich in culture and with a history that encompasses various forms of the country's transformation from colonialism to independence. African slaves, brought to the island to work on the British plantations, carried with them their various myths, beliefs, languages and art forms and these have passed down through the generations. Today they are still an integral part of this country's heritage. The characters in Mesy Kwik Kwak are used to portray some of these and other aspects of Dominican life which still have their bearing from years past. The young boys in The Stone and in The Pilgrim introduce us to the belief of Dominicans in evil spirits, the lougarou and la diabless, and the power of religion. Grandpa Was in America shows us Dominica's fixation to the American way of life and in A Father's Hope we see the widening gap between generations in the country-and there's more. So read along with Giftus as he tells his story. Mesy Kwik Kwak
Book Synopsis Ma William and Her Circle of Friends by : Giftus John
Download or read book Ma William and Her Circle of Friends written by Giftus John and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giftus Johns Ma William and her Circle of Friends recreates the idyllic life in the village of Senjo with a shopkeeper, Ma William, at its center. Her shop is a mecca of sorts; one where the villagers assemble to discuss the issues that impact their lives. John constructs an edenic landscape where communal activities such as playing mas, helping the local fishermen, attending mass, or going to a religious wake occupy center stage in the lives of the villagers. However, the impression of a settled and close-knit village is illusory. Politics fragments the community. Migration takes a toll as young and old seek supposedly greener pastures. The village is slowly changing as a result of these external forces. The reader is left to wonder whether or not these changes are indeed for the better. Written with great sensitivity and attention to local speech rhythms, Giftus Johns most recent work recreates a life which is slowly witnessing its demise. This book confirms Johns reputation as one of Dominicas finest writers. Justice Irving W. Andr Ontario, Canada Giftus John has done it again! His Ma William and Her Circle of Friends continues his great tradition of entertaining and enlightening Caribbean prose. This is a must-read for people of the Caribbean and for those who love the Caribbean or want an education in Caribbean culture. Vaughn E. James Glenn West Research Professor of Law and Director, Tax Clinic Texas Tech University School of Law Lubbock, Texas
Book Synopsis Ma William and Her Circle of Friends by : Giftus R. John
Download or read book Ma William and Her Circle of Friends written by Giftus R. John and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giftus John's Ma William and her Circle of Friends recreates the idyllic life in the village of Senjo with a shopkeeper, Ma William, at its center. Her shop is a mecca of sorts; one where the villagers assemble to discuss the issues that impact their lives. John constructs an edenic landscape where communal activities such as playing mas', helping the local fishermen, attending mass, or going to a religious wake occupy center stage in the lives of the villagers. However, the impression of a settled and close-knit village is illusory. Politics fragments the community. Migration takes a toll as young and old seek supposedly greener pastures. The village is slowly changing as a result of these external forces. The reader is left to wonder whether or not these changes are indeed for the better. Written with great sensitivity and attention to local speech rhythms, Giftus John's most recent work recreates a life which is slowly witnessing its demise. This book confirms John's reputation as one of Dominica's finest writers. Justice Irving W. Andre Ontario, Canada Giftus John has done it again! His Ma William and Her Circle of Friends continues his great tradition of entertaining and enlightening Caribbean prose. This is a must-read for people of the Caribbean and for those who love the Caribbean or want an education in Caribbean culture. Vaughn E. James Glenn West Research Professor of Law and Director, Tax Clinic Texas Tech University School of Law Lubbock, Texas"
Book Synopsis Verses from Atop the Mountain by : Giftus R. John
Download or read book Verses from Atop the Mountain written by Giftus R. John and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Giftus John's goal for his home island of Dominica is to reach to the top of the mountain-a milestone of greatness-despite all the difficulties it faces. Although Dominicans may leave their home in pursuit of other dreams, he believes that someday they will return to a better land. Building on this idea, Verses from atop the Mountain expresses John's passion and concern for events in his homeland and his hopes that its negative situations will soon be remedied. This anthology of poems focuses on an array of topics: politics, nature, culture, love of country, abuse, life and death, and human behavior. Poems such as "The Migrant's Song," also explore the conditions that Dominicans may encounter in their adopted homelands, like the United States. Although there are hurdles to navigate for Dominica, as John makes clear in the last poem of the collection, "Living in Hope," there is hope for the future. Sharing one man's deep love for the land he still calls home, Verses from atop the Mountain presents poetry that invites you to experience the beauty and unique life of Dominica.
Book Synopsis The Orchid House by : Phyllis Shand Allfrey
Download or read book The Orchid House written by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1954, The Orchid House, Phyllis Shand Allfrey's only published novel, is a classic of Caribbean literature. In this markedly autobiographical story of the three daughters of a once-powerful but now impoverished white family, Allfrey interweaves her family's history with the history of her home island of Dominica in the twentieth century. The novel is written in a sensuous style and the story remarkably told through the eyes of Lally, the black nurse of the three sisters. Often praised for the clearsightedness of its analysis of the Dominican historical process, The Orchid House stands at a crucial intersection of West Indian politics. It was during this period that the colonized took over from the colonizer the direction of local governments. Allfrey, a Fabian socialist and founder of Dominica's first political party, articulates in this novel the central tenet of a political philosophy that guided a lifetime of grassroots activism: that profound changes had to take place in the power structures of Caribbean societies to bring social justice to its peoples, and that those who persevered in seeking to revive the past were doomed. Phyllis Shand Allfrey, novelist and poet, was born in Dominica, where her father was Crown Attorney. Her work has often been compared to that of her compatriot and friend, Jean Rhys. The novel has been made into a film for British television. Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert is an associate professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Vassar College. She co-edited Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam: Short Stories by Caribbean Women (Rutgers University Press).
Book Synopsis The Dominica Story by : Lennox Honychurch
Download or read book The Dominica Story written by Lennox Honychurch and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Haitian-English Dictionary by : Bryant Freeman
Download or read book Haitian-English Dictionary written by Bryant Freeman and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-14 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companion volume to our 6,000-word English-Haitian Dictionary. Contaings over 57,000 Haitian words and expressions. "There is no surer way to negate a people than to valify that which represnets their very essence: Their language. To defile the Haitian language is to defule the Haitian people."
Book Synopsis Tigers are Better-looking by : Jean Rhys
Download or read book Tigers are Better-looking written by Jean Rhys and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 1968 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis It Falls Into Place by : Phyllis Shand Allfrey
Download or read book It Falls Into Place written by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and published by Papillote Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together, for the first time, the shorter fiction of Phyllis Shand Allfrey, one of Dominica's best-known writers. Her characters, of different races and cultures, find themselves in unpredictable encounters where miracles can happen.
Download or read book Smile Please written by Jean Rhys and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Witness for the Demon by : Kevin Wollenweber
Download or read book A Witness for the Demon written by Kevin Wollenweber and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Viceroy of Ouidah by : Bruce Chatwin
Download or read book The Viceroy of Ouidah written by Bruce Chatwin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1988-06-07 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Chatwin’s debut novel: “Conrad’s Heart of Darkness seen through a microscope” (The Atlantic) In this vivid, powerful novel, Chatwin tells of Francisco Manoel de Silva, a poor Brazilian adventurer who sails to Dahomey in West Africa to trade for slaves and amass his fortune. His plans exceed his dreams, and soon he is the Viceroy of Ouidah, master of all slave trading in Dahomey. But the ghastly business of slave trading and the open savagery of life in Dahomey slowly consume Manoel's wealth and sanity.
Book Synopsis Survival Creole by : Bryant C. Freeman
Download or read book Survival Creole written by Bryant C. Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living Backwards written by Tracy Sweeney and published by Virtualbookworm.com Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-nine-year-old Jillian Cross refuses to believe that a pair of skinny jeans has led to her untimely demise. Life just isn't that cruel. But when an overly-enthusiastic attempt at squeezing herself into them leads her to fall and lose consciousness, she is faced with just that possibility. When she awakens with both a bruised ego and a bump on her head, she's not in her tiny apartment but her childhood bedroom circa 1999-the spring of her senior year in high school. Jillian knows that time travel isn't logical. But then again, neither was her decision to wear skinny jeans. As she attempts to navigate her way through the halls of Reynolds High, walking the same path and making the same choices she made years before, she knows that any change she makes can have a catastrophic effect on her future. But when she strikes up an unexpected friendship with motorcycle-riding, cigarette-smoking Luke Chambers, can she pretend to be the same shy girl she once was? At least she has her pink sparkly flask to take the edge off. One little change won't hurt, right?
Book Synopsis Passenger by : Tygarjas Twyrls Bigstyck
Download or read book Passenger written by Tygarjas Twyrls Bigstyck and published by Virtualbookworm.com Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a long day of work it's time to catch the bus home. Tim is immediately a little uneased by the voice of his dead father; he is very much uneased by the words of that voice declaring the destination of this bus is Hell. With no need to rush to arrival at the promised eternity waiting at the end of this ride, Tim will take the scenic route through what his alternative might have been. Introduced to a reality of Heaven a bit different from what he had expected, his questions of what he possibly might have done to warrant Hell are quickly replaced with questions of how much worse Hell could possibly be than the Heaven he finds himself journeying through. Caught between the horror of the certainty of the present, and the uncertainty of how much worse the future might be, Tim finds himself wondering as the wheels roll 'round whether he ever wants to get off the bus he is sure he wishes he had never boarded to begin with.
Download or read book Dark Circus written by Nick Lee and published by Virtualbookworm.com Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three years ago, an odd teenage trio from small town Spoonersville entered a twisted theme park known as the Dark Circus. With their own gifts of magic, freakiness, and the ability to control animals, the three were able to survive its madness. Also, by allying themselves with the inhuman misfits that live there, the teens were able to defeat psycho Charlie, the circus' only clown. However, during those three years of quiet bliss, Charlie plans his revenge in the spirit world. It's on the night of the senior Halloween Carnival that the clown makes his Astounding Return before all of Spoonersville. Now, Daniel, Kyle, and Christy-Anne attempt to regain their former power from the Dark Circus to destroy him. If that wasn't enough, the trio must face off with three newcomers to their town who also demonstrate powers given to them by the Dark Circus.
Book Synopsis Priests of Moloch by : Samuel Schiller
Download or read book Priests of Moloch written by Samuel Schiller and published by Virtual Bookworm.Com Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vanquished through Faith, Obedience and the Power of the One True God, the Glamorth is no more, but Evan MacKeth is unprepared for the cost of victory. Crippled from his terrible wounds, he languishes in the palace, where his only solace comes from the bright eyes and soft smile of Aine Ceaillaigh. But shadows begin to stir. The hand of darkness moves from many quarters, and a terrifying mystery threatens to destroy everything Evan has come to love.
