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Island voices; stories from the West Indies. / Selected and Introduced by Andrew Salkey.

Van Pelt Library PR9327.5 .S2
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LIBRA - Rare PR9327.5 .S2 1970 Banks copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Salkey, Andrew, compiler.
Contributor:
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Manners and customs.
West Indies--Social life and customs--Fiction.
West Indies.
Short stories, West Indian (English).
West Indian fiction (English).
Genre:
Fiction.
Short stories.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
256 pages ; 22 cm
Other Title:
Stories from the Caribbean
Place of Publication:
New York, Liveright, 1970.
Contents:
Village Tragedy / John Hearne (Jamaica)
The Lost Country / John Hearne
My Aunt Gold Teeth / V. S. Naipaul (Trinidad)
The Raffle / V. S. Naipaul
A Christmas Story / V. S. Naipaul
Man, in England, You"ve Just Got to Love Animals / Samuel Selvon (Trinidad)
When Greek Meets Greek / Samuel Selvon
Gussy and the Boss / Samuel Selvon
Cane is Bitter / Samuel Selvon
A Free Country / R. O. Robinson (Jamaica)
A Shirt Apiece / R. O. Robinson
Small Islan' Complex / Donald Hinds (Jamaica)
Busman's Blues / Donald Hinds
Any Lawful Impediment / Donald Hinds
The Very Funny Man: A Tale in Two Moods / H. Orlando Patterson (Jamaica)
One for a Penny / H. Orlando Patterson
The Valley of Cocoa / Michael Anthony (Trinidad)
Pita of the Deep Sea / Michael Anthony
Triumph / C. L. R. James (Trinidad)
La Divina Pastora / C. L. R. James
Birds of a Feather / George Lamming (Barbados)
Hunters and Hunted / Jan Carew (British Guiana)
The Stragglers / Claude Thompson (Jamaica)
The House of Many Doors / Claude Thompson
Miss Clarke is Dying / Edgar Mittelholzer (British Guiana)
A Long Long Pause / Denis Williams (British Guiana)
The Wintering of Mr. Kolawole / O. R. Dathorne (British Guiana)
The Black Angel / Edward Braithwaite (Barbados)
The Silk-Cotton Tree / A. N. Forde (Barbados)
Set Down This / Cecil Gray (Trinidad)
Notes:
Design by Al Nagy.
"L-29"--On cover and spine.
Originally published as 'Stories from the Caribbean' by Elek Books Limited 1965.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-256).
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
ISBN:
0871405040
0871400246
OCLC:
78666

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