Quince Duncan : Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Caribbean Identity / Dorothy E. Mosby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mosby, Dorothy E., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Costa Rican literature--Black authors--History and criticism.

Costa Rican literature.

Duncan, Quince, 1940---Criticism and interpretation.

Duncan, Quince.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Quince Duncan is a comprehensive study of the published short stories and novels of Costa Rica's first novelist of African descent and one of the nation's most esteemed contemporary writers. The grandson of Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants to Limón, Quince Duncan (b. 1940) incorporates personal memories into stories about first generation Afro-West Indian immigrants and their descendants in Costa Rica. Duncan's novels, short stories, recompilations of oral literature, and essays intimately convey the challenges of Afro-West Indian contract laborers and the st

Contents:

Short fiction

Novels of identity: Hombres curtidos and Los Cuatro espejos

Novels of Samamfo: La Paz del pueblo, Kimbo, and A Message from Rosa

Dismantling the myths: Final de calle and El trepasolo.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8722-6

OCLC:

870949333