Smorkaloff, Pamela Maria.

If I Could Write This in Fire – An Anthology of Literature from the Caribbean. Edited by Pamela Maria Smorkaloff.

New York, The New Press, 1994. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. X, 374 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Book design by Acme Art, Inc. Jacket design by Brian Boyce. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

An anthology bringing together fiction from the French-, Spanish- and English-speaking Caribbean.
The fifteen selections deal with the basic underlying themes of the region’s literature arranged under chapter headings such as: The Plantation and Maroon Society / Rural Peasantry / Modern Life: Alienation, Liberation / etc.

Works include, for example: James Carnegie’s powerful novella ‘Wages Paid’ / a selection by noted Guadeloupan novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart / Puerto Rican short stories by Ana Lydia Vega / and fiction from Cuba, St Kitts, etc.

• Keywords: Anthology · Caribbean · Caribbean Literature · Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · Catalogue Ten – International Literature · Catalogue Winter 2020 / 2021 · Collection · Colonial History · Compendium · English · Fiction · French · International Literature – Rare · Jamaica · Literature · Literature in translation · short stories · Slave Narrative · Slavery · Spanish
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781565841819
• Inventory Number: 200074AB

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