The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories
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Some of the freshest, most vital, and diverse new literature written in the twentieth century has emerged from the Caribbean. And central to Caribbean literature is the short story, with its ties with the oral tradition. Now, The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories, edited by Stewart Brown and John Wickham, brings together fifty-two stories in a major anthology representing over a century's worth of pan-Caribbean short fiction. This breathtaking collection is unique—and indispensable—in its inclusion of authors from the English, French, Spanish, and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. The distinctly Anglophone viewpoint of such prominent authors as Jean Rhys, Sam Sevlon, V.S. Naipual, and E.A. Markham is richly contrasted by contributions from French, Spanish, and Dutch writers like Alejo Carpentier, René Depestre, and Thea Doelwijt, while the new generation—represented by such writers as Edwidge Danticat and Patrick Chamoiseau—points the way forward for Caribbean writing into the twenty-first century. With his stimulating introduction, Brown provides an up-to-date overview of Caribbean writing. Exploring the literature's themes of history, race, social justice, identity, and migration, he traces its evolution from the gritty naturalism of the Anglophone tradition to the magical realism of the French and Spanish traditions to a body of contemporary pan-Caribbean literature that cannot be contained in any convenient linguistic, geographical, or thematic definition. Charting the shifting ideologies and styles of this century—from the flamboyant wit of Samuel Selvon to the deceptive simplicity of Jamaica Kincaid—The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories delivers a wealth of satisfactions in a single volume with unprecedented range.ForeWord Magazine - Lisa I.S. ArchibaldAt its spiciest moments The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories displays the ingredients of the best of Caribbean callaloos....As short story collections go, the stories in The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories are as diverse as the writers and worldviews that inform them. The Literature lover can only revel in the masterful construction of each story while enjoying their narrative charms...the collection will enchant readers for years to come.
IntroductionSome People are Meant to Live Alone1Pioneers, Oh, Pioneers9Pablo's Fandango18Drought26Triumph35Journey to the Seed50Red Dirt Don't Wash62Encarnacion Mendoza's Christmas Eve70The Doors Open at Three80The Cricket Match91The Light on the Sea96Tilson Ezekiel Alias Ti-Zek101Shadows Move in the Britannia Bar110Rosena on the Mountain119The Master Tailor and the Teacher's Skirt138The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship148A Proper Anno Domini Feeling153To Da-Duh, in Memoriam159Dream Haiti169Buried Statues187They Better Don't Stop the Carnival200The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book208The Old Men Used to Dance215Leaving this Island Place220Victory and the Blight228The Breadnut and the Breadfruit235Altamont Jones245In Foreign Parts249When Women Love Men257Mammie's Form at the Post Office270Passport to Paradise274Morris, Bhaiya277Trotters288The Conversion of Millicent Vernon292Do Angels Wear Brassieres?304Goodbye Mother314Ballad for the New World326Eye-Openers333Sunday Cricket344The Inheritance of my Father: A Story for Listening348Blackness362The Walk366After the Hurricane372Red Hot Peppers382Pan for Pockot391Caribbean Chameleon399A World of Canes403The Waiting Room416Canada Geese and Apple Chatney424My Brother's Keeper434Private School442Nineteen Thirty-Seven447Biographical Notes457Suggestions for Wider Reading467Publisher's Acknowledgements473
