If I Could Write This in Fire: An Anthology of Literature from the Caribbean – $275
by rgonzalezr
Brings together fiction from the French- Spanish-, & English-speaking Caribbean, much of it translated here for the first time. The 15 selections deal with basic themes of the region’s literature: the plantation, maroon society, colonial education, rural & urban life, women’s changing roles in the modern Caribbean, exile, & the diaspora. Works include Jamaican author James Carnegie’s, ”Wages Paid,”; a selection by Guadeloupan novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart; Puerto Rican short stories from Ana Lydia Vega; & fiction from the Dominican Republic, […]
Categories: Antología, Cuentos, Cultura, Ensayo • Tags: Ana Lydia Vega, Barbados, Caribe, Cuba, Diaspora, Dominicana, Exile, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, James Carnegie, Post colonial, Puerto Rico, The New Press