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Book Synopsis The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories by : Stewart Brown
Download or read book The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories written by Stewart Brown and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caribbean is the source of one of the richest, most accessible, and yet technically adventurous traditions of contemporary world literature. This collection extends beyond the realm of English-speaking writers, to include stories published in Spanish, French, and Dutch. It brings together contributions from major figures such as V. S. Naipaul, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and work from the exciting new generation of Caribbean writers represented by Edwidge Danticat, and Jamaica Kincaid.
Book Synopsis Tales from the Caribbean by : Trish Cooke
Download or read book Tales from the Caribbean written by Trish Cooke and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of favourite tales gathered from the many different islands of the Caribbean, one of the world's richest sources of traditional storytelling. From the very first Kingfisher to Anansi the Spider Man, these lively retellings full of humour and pathos, are beautifully retold by Trish Cooke. The book includes endnotes with a glossary, additional information as well as ideas for activities that children can do to explore the stories further.
Download or read book Caribbean Dream written by Rachel Isadora and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2002-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children run, splash, and sing on an island in the West Indies in this lyrical celebration of the Caribbean
Book Synopsis The Peepal Tree Book of Contemporary Caribbean Short Stories by : Jacob James Ross
Download or read book The Peepal Tree Book of Contemporary Caribbean Short Stories written by Jacob James Ross and published by Peepal Tree Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its beginnings 33 years ago, Peepal Tree has published around 45 collections of Caribbean short stories, reinforcing the view that the short story is the Caribbean literary form par excellence. This anthology draws from those collections, plus a few guests, focusing on work written over the past twenty-five years, the majority dealing with the recent post-independence period up to the present. Though quality is the ultimate criteria, this anthology is unrivalled in its range across the Anglophone Caribbean and its diasporas, and representative of Caribbean ethnicities, gender and sexual orientations. Stories offer images of the city from ghettos to gated communities, suburbia, villages, the coastal margins. They display a range of contemporary concerns: social fragmentation, political corruption, sexual politics. They display a range of short story genres from satire, gritty realism, magical realism, fantasy, the gothic, the folkloric, horror, crime, erotica, flash fiction, the speculative... Whilst the stories in the anthology collectively offer an insightful picture of both the contemporary Caribbean and of the current status of the Caribbean short story as a form, the overall editorial aim has been to create a book that gives the reader a rich, varied and rewarding reading experience. The collection includes the work of, amongst others, Opal Palmer Adisa, Christine Barrow, Rhoda Bharath, Jacqueline Bishop, Hazel Campbell, Merle Collins, Cyril Dabydeen, Kwame Dawes, Curdella Forbes, Ifeona Fulani, Keith Jardim, Barbara Jenkins, Meiling Jin, Cherie Jones, Helen Klonaris, Sharon Leach, Alecia McKenzie, Sharon Millar, Anton Nimblett, Geoffrey Philp, Velma Pollard, Jennifer Rahim, Raymond Ramcharitar, Jacob Ross, Leone Ross, Olive Senior, Jan Shinebourne, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw and N.D. Williams.
Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of Caribbean Short Stories by : Edward Archibald Markham
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Caribbean Short Stories written by Edward Archibald Markham and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1996 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning the history of Caribbean writing, this meticulously compiled collection of 40 short stories includes pre-Columbian legends and myths from India and Africa, and many stories that are an evocative reminder of the turbulent history of the region. Authors featured include Andrew Salkey, Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul, Jamaica Kincaid, and Lawrence Scott, among others. A major anthology reflecting the diversity and richness of Caribbean writing.
Download or read book Island Tales written by Amber Drappier and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The lingering smell of wet mould hung in the air, and under the glow of the streetlight, her once shapely form was now a series of lumps and bumps clad in dirty old rags that dragged along the floor."FROM THE AUTHOR OF UNNATURAL ENCOUNTERS: ONLY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO...Island Tales, a series of twenty-seven folklore stories featuring supernatural beings and characters from across the Caribbean region. Characters who have no doubt haunted the dreams and nightmares and maybe even lives of most Caribbean-born people. Stand among the watchful army of pop-culture statues in "The Sculptor" or join the mob against Blue, the thieving shopkeeper in "Tipping the Scales". Stroll along the riverbanks with Nerida in "Water Baby" or maybe just kick back and enjoy a special feature article in the Sunday newspaper entitled "Endless Cycle". But, however you choose to spend your time here, just be sure to remember one thing: always cast a wary eye behind you, lest you end up like poor Mr. Gundy in "Piggy Back Rides for Mr. Gundy".
Book Synopsis Miles Away In The Caribbean by : Yolanda T Marshall
Download or read book Miles Away In The Caribbean written by Yolanda T Marshall and published by . This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Miles Away In The Caribbean" is a poetically written story about a Canadian boy named Miles. In his magical spaceship, he visits Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago. Miles highlights magnificent landmarks and enjoyed his cultural adventures.
Book Synopsis Stories from the Caribbean by : Petronella Breinburg
Download or read book Stories from the Caribbean written by Petronella Breinburg and published by . This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in the Multicultural Stories series are gathered from different parts of the world and are capable of alternately terrifying, enchanting and exciting the younger reader. Each book is illustrated in full colour.
Book Synopsis Labba and Creek Water by : Deloris Craig
Download or read book Labba and Creek Water written by Deloris Craig and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2004 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comprises of ten short stories which should appeal to the target audience not only in the Caribbean but in other parts of the world. There are many young people of West Indian origin living in North America, Europe and elsewhere who want to read original stories that enable them to identify with their roots.
Book Synopsis Caribbean Stories by : Fabian Comrie
Download or read book Caribbean Stories written by Fabian Comrie and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Islands of the Caribbean are comprised of many different cultures, the people of the Islands respect each other’s differences and embrace their similarities. Caribbean Stories celebrates the wide diversity of the Islands, combining historical background and fiction for a fascinating read that will both educate and entertain. The book begins in 1692 with James and Hazel, who have survived a devastating earthquake and must work together to run a sugar plantation. They will face opposition from the British Empire and surmount personal tragedy, hardship—even encounters with pirates—to keep their dreams alive. From the Bahamas to Trinidad and Belize to Barbados and Cuba to Jamaica, this sweeping family saga is as captivating as the Caribbean itself.
Book Synopsis Anansi Goes to Lunch by : Bobby Norfolk
Download or read book Anansi Goes to Lunch written by Bobby Norfolk and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Anansi is invited to three parties and wants to attend them all. He gives each of his hosts a rope to tug, ties the other end around his own waist, and waits to be summoned when the food is served -- but when all of the food is ready at the same time, Anansi is caught in the middle!
Book Synopsis Anansi and the Tug o' War by : Bobby Norfolk
Download or read book Anansi and the Tug o' War written by Bobby Norfolk and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: In this trickster tale from Africa, Anansi proves to Elephant and Killer Whale that in a battle of wits, brains definitely outdo brawn.
Book Synopsis Folk Tales and Fantasies by : Michael Anthony
Download or read book Folk Tales and Fantasies written by Michael Anthony and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Caribbean written by James A. Michener and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this acclaimed classic novel, James A. Michener sweeps readers off to the Caribbean, bringing to life the eternal allure and tumultuous history of this glittering string of islands. From the 1310 conquest of the Arawaks by cannibals to the decline of the Mayan empire, from Columbus’s arrival to buccaneer Henry Morgan’s notorious reign, from the bloody slave revolt on Haiti to the rise of Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Caribbean packs seven hundred dramatic years into a tale teeming with revolution and romance, authentic characters and thunderous destinies. Through absorbing, magnificent prose, Michener captures the essence of the islands in all of their awe-inspiring scope and wonder. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Caribbean “Michener is a master.”—Boston Herald “A grand epic . . . [James A. Michener] sympathizes with the struggles of the region’s most oppressed, and succeeds in presenting the Caribbean in its rich diversity.”—The Plain Dealer “Remarkable and praiseworthy . . . utterly engaging.”—The Washington Post Book World “Even American tourists familiar with some of the serene islands will find themselves enlightened. . . . In Caribbean, there appears to be a strong aura of truth behind the storytelling.”—The New York Times
Book Synopsis What Storm, What Thunder by : Myriam JA Chancy
Download or read book What Storm, What Thunder written by Myriam JA Chancy and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Book Award Winner Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist A NPR, Boston Globe, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and Library Journal Best Book of the Year “Stunning.” —Margaret Atwood At the end of a long, sweltering day, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster—Richard, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter, Anne, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO; a small-time drug trafficker, Leopold, who pines for a beautiful call girl; Sonia and her business partner, Dieudonné, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death; Didier, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston; Sara, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp; her husband, Olivier, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves; their son, Jonas, who haunts them both; and Ma Lou, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all. Brilliantly crafted, fiercely imagined, and deeply haunting, What Storm, What Thunder is a singular, stunning record, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster, and—at the same time—an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit.
Book Synopsis The Caribbean Short Story by : Lucy Evans
Download or read book The Caribbean Short Story written by Lucy Evans and published by Peepal Tree Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The short story has been integral to the development of Caribbean literature, and continues to offer possibilities for invention and reinvigoration. As the most comprehensive study of its kind, this important and timely volume explores the significance of the short story form to Caribbean cultural production across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The twenty original essays collected here offer a unique set of inquiries and insights into the historical, cultural and stylistic characteristics of Caribbean short story writing. The book draws together diverse critical perspectives from established and emerging scholars, including Shirley Chew, Alison Donnell, James Procter, Raymond Ramcharitar and Elaine Savory. Essays cover the publishing histories of specific islands; intersections of the local, global and diasporic; treatments of race and gender; language, orality and genre; and cultural contexts from tourism to calypso to cricket. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis So Many Islands by : Nicholas Laughlin
Download or read book So Many Islands written by Nicholas Laughlin and published by Saqi Books. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So Many Islands breaks out bold new writing from the distant shores of countries in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific oceans. Here you will find poems about revolution and protest. You will be transported to Marakei, 'the women's island', and join the battle to save a beached whale. Alongside family politics, So Many Islands tackles nuclear testing and climate change – global issues that are close to the heart of these precariously poised communities. Giving voice to their challenges and triumphs, these writers create a vibrant portrait of what it is like to live and love on the small islands they call home. Readers everywhere will find universal connections with their words and worlds. Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bermuda, Cyprus, Grenada, Jamaica, Kiribati, Malta, Mauritius, Niue, Rotuma (Fiji), Samoa, Singapore, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago