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Highlights
- A radical landmark in Caribbean literature, reissued with a new foreword by Jamaica Kincaid to mark Wilson Harris' centenary: a visionary masterpiece tracing the dreamlike voyage of a riverboat crew through the jungle.
- Author(s): Wilson Harris
- 160 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
- Series Name: Faber Editions
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Book Synopsis
A radical landmark in Caribbean literature, reissued with a new foreword by Jamaica Kincaid to mark Wilson Harris' centenary: a visionary masterpiece tracing the dreamlike voyage of a riverboat crew through the jungle. I dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ... A crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagued by tragedies, haunted by drowned ghosts: spectres of the crew themselves, inhabiting a blurred shadowland between life and death. As their journey into the interior - their own hearts of darkness - deepens, it assumes a spiritual dimension, guiding them towards a new destination: the Palace of the Peacock ... A modernist fever dream; prose poem; modern myth; elegy to victims of colonial conquest: Wilson Harris' masterpiece has defied definition for over sixty years, and is reissued for a new generation of readers. The Guyanese William Blake ... [Such] poetic intensity. -- Angela CarterReview Quotes
Perhaps the most inimitable [writer] produced in the English-speaking Caribbean. -- Fred D'Aguiar An extraordinary writer ... Courageous and visionary ... It speaks to us in tongues. -- Pauline Melville One of the great originals ...Visionary ... Dazzlingly illuminating. -- Guardian Revel in the inviolate, ever-deepening mystery of Wilson Harris's work. -- Jeet Thayil
Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 4.9 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .35 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 160
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Series Title: Faber Editions
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback
Author: Wilson Harris
Language: English
Street Date: February 8, 2022
TCIN: 84708684
UPC: 9780571368044
Item Number (DPCI): 247-28-7616
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.5 inches length x 4.9 inches width x 7.7 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.35 pounds
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