Fiction - World Literature - Caribbean & West Indies
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Natives of My PersonGeorge Lamming--one of the Caribbean's most powerful literary voices, championed by Richard Wright and Jean-Paul Sartre--reimagines the age of European exploration in a work that stands as one of the great political novels of the twentieth century Under imperial orders, a nameless Commandant sets...
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Now Lila Knows"Powerful in message . . . An engaging, warm-hearted, page-turner of a novel." --New West Indian GuideFor Lila Bonnard, the opportunity to take a position as a visiting professor in the US has come at precisely the right time. Still nursing the wounds of...
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Paradise OnceParadise Once is a sweeping historical novel that brings to life the resiliency of the indigenous Taíno people of the Caribbean, whose culture was virtually destroyed within two generations of their "discovery" by Christopher Columbus in 1492.In 1513 in Cuba, an entire village is...
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Pay as You GoNow in paperback. A finalist for the 2023 Young Lions Fiction Award. Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize. Named a best book of 2023 by NPR. New to town and delusionally confident, Slide imagined himself living in a glossy building...
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Simple StoriesThis vibrant collection of 22 stories offers a kaleidoscopic view of Haiti and a wonderful encapsulation of the acclaimed author's work. In a country plagued by dictatorship and insurrection, poverty and corruption, where police officers and gang members become hard to distinguish, art provides...
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Sweetness in the Skin"A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth."--Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake"Poignant and emotional, with touches of both humor and sorrow. . . . This book makes you think about what it means to be...
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Sylvie's Love and LossSylvie's Love and Loss is a gripping narrative set in the heart of the Caribbean. Embark on an emotional voyage, a journey of love and resilience in Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith's unforgettable novel. Set against the backdrop of Grenada, this captivating story transcends romance, weaving...
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Tall Is Her BodyReaders of Black Cake and Family Lore will be captivated by this sweeping, multicultural family story of keen observation and the supernatural in which one man's journey to wholeness--both emotionally and physically--is shaped by the lands of his childhood and those of his ancestors,...
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The Autobiography of My MotherFrom the recipient of the 2010 Clifton Fadiman Medal, an unforgettable novel of one woman's courageous coming-of-age Jamaica Kincaid's The Autobiography of My Mother is a story of love, fear, loss, and the forging of character, an account of one woman's inexorable evolution, evoked...
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The Delicate BeastA novel of a life built on the ashes of childhoodIn the 1950s Tropical Republic, a boy lives amid opulence and privilege, spending days at the beach or in the cool hills above the sweltering capital, enjoying leisurely Sunday lunches around the family compound's...
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The DisappearersAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION "This masterpiece is the novel of the decade, if not the century... The Disappearers places [James] near the front of the line, a...
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The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive: Being Dreamity, Algoriddims, Chants & RiffsZooming into tight focus on present-day life and dashing deep into the past in turns, the pace is fast and fierce in The Jamaica Kollection of the Shante Dream Arkive, which continues Marcia Douglas' "speculative ancestral project" (The Whiting Foundation) begun with The Marvellous...
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The Kingdom of This WorldA masterful new translation of a haunting novel of nineteenth-century Haiti A few years after its liberation from harsh French colonial rule in 1803, Haiti endured a period of great brutality under the reign of King Henri Christophe, who was born a slave but...
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Village WeaversIn 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their unlikely friendship--until a deathbed revelation ripples through their families and tears them apart. After François Duvalier's rule...
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When We Were BirdsA mythic love story set in Trinidad, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's radiant debut is a masterwork of lush imagination and exuberant storytelling--a spellbinding and hopeful novel about inheritance, loss, and love's seismic power to heal. "Roots the reader in [Trinidad's] traditions and rituals [and] ......
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