The Guyanese Wanderer: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781932511505)

"This is a stunning collection. Mesmerizing. Carew's foreshadowing is so deft, so subtle, we begin to ache before we should. We swat swamp mosquitoes as we sit around the smoke-fire with granite-faced Doorne and his sons, sensing peril. and we understand seduction before we are drawn into it. Carew's eloquence is irresistible; his ear for retrieving language so precise, so respectful, we nod comfortably at old friends. Nuh? This experience under a full Guyanese moon is exquisite; is memory recovered. As a matter of fact, Carew transcends academics or mere creativity when he does the impossible: returns to the past with us as tagalongs."
--Mari Evans, author of Continuum and Clarity: (A Poet's Perspective)

Jan Carew combines Caribbean folklore, ghost story, adventure tale, and literature of European exile to create a spirited dialect and colloquial voice that startles and delights; he's comfortable confronting anything, racial prejudice or whimsical fable, the natural world or city slum.

Author: Jan Carew
ISBN-10: 1932511504
ISBN-13: 9781932511505
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.14w x 0.34d
Award: Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award - Nominee
Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Bronze Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/28/2007 pg. 38
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2007 pg. 568
Entertainment Weekly 07/27/2007 pg. 71
Library Journal 09/01/2007 pg. 131