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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean is a collection of stories set in the Caribbean as is apparent from the title. If you like time, place and setting you will love this book. I particularly like the feel of a place exotic to me and this book offered that in spades. Most of the stories are excellent. It is worth a detour. I highly recommend it. [Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (cclapcenter.com). I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.] I have to confess, I would've never thought of picking up anthology of contemporary Caribbean writing on my own, if I hadn't been sent one by our pals at the always excellent Akashic Books; but now that I've read through said volume, Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean, I must admit that it's so far been one of my favorite reads of the last few months, a surprisingly sophisticated and engrossing compilation that I tore through in just a couple of days. Not nearly the "singing natives in colorful dresses and their magical-realism adventures" anthology that Americans might expect from the subject (although there are a few stories like that in here), this is the entire point of a Caribbean anthology edited by actual Caribbeans, that it instead veers into tales of wealth and corporate espionage, quiet family dramas, and the other kinds of tropes that rarely get a chance to be showcased when it's white people writing about people of color in exotic lands, an illuminating slice of life that present a full range of experiences of what it must be like to live in this tropical and often troubled part of the world. In fact, about my only complaint is that the stories themselves hail from only six of the thirty nations and sovereign states that make up this region, and it would've been nice to see a wider range of representation; but I gotta say, what did get included is really great stuff, an eye-opening and entertaining read that is well worth your time. A big recommendation today for one and all. Out of 10: 9.3 Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Any collection of stories from the myriad of cultures that make up the Caribbean is bound to be uneven, and uneven these are; yet, there is in them a life and a warmth that makes them an unusually pleasing collection (perhaps more pleasing, for example, than the annual collection of American stories from the usual magazines that makes its way to the front of every American Barnes & Nobel). The stories begin to get warmed up with "The Whale House", a story of loss and sadness where the people and the Islands seem equally besieged by the sea. The language occasionally rises to the poetic, but struggles in a few places, but the story and the characters carry it forward. From here a world of ghosts and shanties and resorts opens up; always, in each story, within sight of the sea. A number of the good stories in this collection are quite good; perhaps the one thing it lacks is just one truly extraordinary story, just one that might join those few timeless stories we all know. However, it is a successful introduction to a wide range of gifted and promising authors, and it is well worth spending an afternoon by some shore drifting in these pages. Esta reseña ha sido escrita por los Primeros Reseñadores de LibraryThing. Rich in violence, poverty, and sex, Pepperpot's thirteen stories reflect the culture of the English speaking Caribbean, from Belize to Antigua and Barbuda. These are not stories designed to please the tourist bureaus in the various nations represented, nor do they reflect the world seen from the safe confines of a Sandals resort. They are, however, a faithful representation of life in these British Commonwealth lands. If you're interested in how people really live, by all means pick up a copy. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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"This wonderful anthology of fresh voices from the Caribbean...includes writers from Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. The diverse textures of the stories by 13 established and new authors weave a tapestry of the islands, water, sand, ocean breeze, and rum. Vivid settings serve as backdrops for a dazzling display of personalities." --Booklist "The wonder in these stories is that they show Caribbean culture--the people, sounds, food, and music...this book will appeal to readers of Caribbean fiction and beyond." --Library Journal "One of my favorite reads of the last few months...sophisticated and engrossing...A big recommendation today for one and all." --Chicago Center for Literature & Photography "[Pepperpot] leaps headfirst into audacious narrative water, sustaining a diversity in storytelling that's indicative of the panoply of ways to love, sin, and write about it, in these our unpredictable, conjoined societies." --Caribbean Beat Magazine "Readers are in for a treat when they open the pages to taste the mélange of literary Caribbean cuisine. Spicy and filling!" --The Gleaner (Jamaica), "Sizzling Books for Summer Reading" "If you want a masterclass in how to start your stories with a bang, this is the book for you....This is an exciting and heartening book. It proves--if anyone was in any doubt--that the Caribbean has plenty of homegrown literary talent to draw upon." --A Year of Reading the World (Book of the Month for August 2014) "TakePepperpot along on vacation. It's an ideal summer read." --La Bloga "Pepperpot is an eclectic mix of adventure, humor, the spirit world, family relationships, and other subject matters which gives you something to think about." --Ski-wee's Book Corner Featuring a preface by Olive Senior. Includes the 2013 Commonwealth Prize-winning story "The Whale House" by Sharon Millar. Akashic Books and Peepal Tree Press, two of the foremost publishers of Caribbean literature, launch a joint Caribbean-focused imprint, Peekash Press, with this anthology. Consisting entirely of brand-new stories by authors living in the region (not simply authors from the region), this collection gathers the very best entries to the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, including a mix of established and up-and-coming writers from islands throughout the Caribbean. Featuring these brand-new stories: "The Whale House" by Sharon Millar (Trinidad & Tobago) "A Good Friday" by Barbara Jenkins (Trinidad & Tobago) "Reversal of Fortunes" by Kevin Baldeosingh (Trinidad & Tobago) "The Monkey Trap" by Kevin Hosein (Trinidad & Tobago) "The Science of Salvation" by Dwight Thompson (Jamaica) "Waywardness" by Ezekel Alan (Jamaica) "Berry" by Kimmisha Thomas (Jamaica) "Father, Father" by Garfield Ellis (Jamaica) "All the Secret Things No-One Ever Knows" by Sharon Leach (Jamaica) "This Thing We Call Love" by Ivory Kelly (Belize) "And the Virgin's Name Was Leah" by Heather Barker (Barbados) "Amelia" by Joanne Hillhouse (Antigua & Barbuda) "Mango Summer" by Janice Lynn Mather (Bahamas) and others! No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The Whale House by Sharon Millar (Trinidad & Tobago): A beautiful, sad story about the immense pain of losing a child.
The Science of Salvation by Dwight Thompson (Jamaica): An ex-convict returns and wreaks havoc to a community plagued by gang wars in a haunting, tragic story.
Cheque Mate by Kevin Baldeosingh (Trinidad & Tobago): An affluent woman exacts her revenge on a man who wanted to buy her silence in an almost twisted game of power. Undoubtedly seductive this one…
The Thing We Call Love by Ivory Kelly (Belize): A ten-year-old girl witnesses the love troubles of her community.
A Good Friday by Barbara Jenkins (Trinidad & Tobago): Well, if that isn’t love at first sight…
All the Secret Things No One Ever Knows by Sharon Leach (Jamaica): This story is all kinds of twisted, disturbed and disturbing and haunting. I don’t agree with trigger warnings because we are all intelligent, grown-up readers but this one contains every possible trigger alert you can think of. I loved it.
‘’There’s no such thing as water under the bridge. Forgive and forget is just something pipe-dream losers, helpless victims, hang onto because they’re unable - or unwilling - to do anything else.’’
Amelia at Devil’s Bridge by Joanne C. Hillhouse (Antigua & Barbuda): The spirit of a dead girl screams in desperation in a story that will make you shiver.
Waywardness by Ezekel Alan (Jamaica): The story of a criminal with commentary on sexuality, identity, and violence. This one managed to make me uncomfortable.
And the Virgin’s Name Was Leah by Heather Barker (Barbados): A strange fusion of the Old and New Testament, of the Biblical era and our contemporary times, of Israel and Barbados produce a striking story about mental health, family and hope.
Mango Summer by Janice Lynn Mather (Bahamas): A small community is being plagued by the disappearance of young girls. Seen through the eyes of a girl’s younger sister, this is a haunting, cryptic tale in which the line between reality and myth is heavily blurred.
Berry by Kimmisha Thomas (Jamaica): A tender story of desperate love and the prejudices of a macho community.
The Monkey Trap by Kevin Jared Hosein (Trinidad & Tobago): I am sorry to say that this one was disgusting…
Father, Father by Garfield Ellis (Jamaica): In a bitter story, a boy remembers his father as he’s trying to cope with abuse.
‘’On an island nobody ever really, truly disappears without a trace. No, what we have here are bodies: a woman found in the bushes in All Saints, a tourist slain at Darkwood, a girl washed up at Devil’s Bridge…
They’re few and far between. That’s why they make the news because it always kind of shakes us up that there might be someone among us who could do such a thing.
But there are no places to ide bodies, nowhere where they won’t eventually reveal themselves.’’
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