African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
161 p., An anthology of short stories focusing on people of the Caribbean. The characters face problems of freedom, history, race, class, violence, entrapment, and morality.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
250 p, Francis Sancher--a handsome outsider, loved by some and reviled by others--is found dead, face down in the mud on a path outside Riviere au Sel, a small village in Guadeloupe. None of the villagers are particularly surprised, since Sancher, a secretive and melancholy man, had often predicted an unnatural death for himself. As the villagers come to pay their respects they each--either in a speech to the mourners, or in an internal monologue--reveal another piece of the mystery behind Sancher's life and death. Like pieces of an elaborate puzzle, their memories interlock to create a rich and intriguing portrait of a man and a community.
