Trinidad Noir: The Classics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Lovelace, Earl; Antoni, Robert

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Trinidad Noir: The Classics will be published simultaneously in paperback and eBook formats.

Featuring reprints of classic stories (and poems) by: C.L.R. James, Derek Walcott, Samuel Selvon, Eric Roach, V.S. Naipaul, Harold Sonny Ladoo, Michael Anthony, Willi Chen, Earl Lovelace, Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Ismith Khan, Lawrence Scott, Wayne Brown, Jennifer Rahim, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Sharon Millar, Barbara Jenkins, and Shani Mootoo.

The editors, Earl Lovelace and Robert Antoni, are two of the most respected authors of contemporary Caribbean letters.

Akashic's promotion will have a strong social media component.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617755606
• Artikelnr.: 73698360

Autorenporträt

Earl Lovelace is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He recently received the Grand Prize for Caribbean Literature by the Regional Council of Guadeloupe and the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. He is the coeditor of Trinidad Noir: The Classics. Robert Antoni is equal parts Trinbagonian, Bahamian, and US citizen. He is the author of five novels, most recently As Flies to Whatless Boys. He is the recipient of a NALIS Lifetime Literary Award from the Trinidad & Tobago National Library. He is the coeditor of Trinidad Noir: The Classics.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Country
"Pot Luck" by Lisa Allen-Agostini (Sans Souci)
"The Rape" by Kevin Baldeosingh (Couva)
"The Funeral Party" by Shani Mootoo (San Fernando)
"Dougla" by Reena Andrea Manickchand (Caroni Swamp)
"Nowarian Blues" by Ramabai Espinet (Santa Cruz)
"Betrayal" by Willi Chen (Godineau)
"Bury Your Mother" by Jaime Lee Loy (Palmiste)
"Standing on Thin Skin" by Oonya Kempadoo (Maracas) Part II: Town
"Woman Is Boss" by Elisha Efua Bartels (Diego Martin)
"Prophet" by Lawrence Scott (Maraval)
"How to Make Photocopies in the
Trinidad & Tobago National Archives" by Robert Antoni (Uptown Port-of-Spain)
"The Best Laid Plans" by Darby Maloney (San Juan)
"The Jaguar" by Keith Jardim (Emperor Valley Zoo)
"Eric's Turn" by Rian Marie Extavour (Tunapuna)
"Lucille" by Elizabeth Nunez (St. James)
"Peacock Blue" by Vahni Capildeo (Fort George)
"Dark Nights" by Judith Theodore (East Dry River)
"Gita Pinky Manachandi" by Tiphanie Yanique (Chaguaramas)