Witchbroom is a visionary history of a Caribbean Creole family and an island. Its carnival tales of crime and passion are told by the narrator Lavren, who is both male and female.
Lawrence Scott Livres
Lawrence Scott est un romancier et nouvelliste caribéen primé de Trinité-et-Tobago. Son œuvre aborde de manière critique des thèmes centraux du roman postcolonial, notamment le réalisme magique, le carnaval, le calypso, l'histoire, la narration, l'identité, le paysage, le corps, la race, la religion et la sexualité. La voix et l'approche autoriales distinctives de Scott ont suscité d'importantes analyses littéraires. Ses écrits ont été diffusés par la BBC et sa poésie a été anthologisée à l'échelle internationale, reflétant son impact littéraire significatif.
Dangerous Freedom
- 290pages
- 11 heures de lecture
Set in late 18th century England, the story explores the life of Dido Belle, a mixed-race girl raised in the aristocratic household of Lord Chief Justice. The narrative delves into her unique experiences and challenges within a society grappling with issues of race and class. Through Dido's perspective, the novel examines themes of identity, belonging, and the complexities of heritage, offering a poignant reflection on the intersections of race and privilege in historical context.
This book is the winner of the Jerwood Prize. A constellation of everyday digital phenomena is rewiring our inner lives. We are increasingly coaxed from the third-dimensional containment of our pre-digital selves into a wonderful and eerie fourth dimension, a world of ceaseless communication, instant information and global connection. Our portals to this new world have been wedged open, and the silhouette of a figure is slowly taking shape. But what does it feel like to be four-dimensional? How do digital technologies influence the rhythms of our thoughts, the style and tilt of our consciousness? What new sensitivities and sensibilities are emerging with our exposure to the delights, sorrows and anxieties of a networked world? And how do we live in public, with these recoded private lives? Tackling ideas of time, space, friendship, commerce, pursuit and escape, and moving from Hamlet to the ghosts of social media, from Seinfeld to the fall of Gaddafi, from Facebook politics to Oedipus, The Four-Dimensional Human is a highly original and pioneering portrait of life in a digital landscape
Leaving by Plane Swimming Back Underwater
- 204pages
- 8 heures de lecture
Set in a vibrant Caribbean backdrop, this collection of short stories delves into themes of yearning and memory, capturing the complexities of escape and return. The narratives are enriched by the unsettling dynamics of religion, race, sexuality, and crime, reflecting the multifaceted experiences of its characters. Through evocative storytelling, the award-winning writer invites readers to explore the deep emotional landscapes shaped by these tensions.
Looking for Cazabon is the first poetry collection by the Trinidadian novelist Lawrence Scott and was inspired by the paintings of Michel Jean Cazabon, Trinidad's most famous 19th-century painter, and the subject of Scott's novel, Light Falling on Bamboo. The poems - written while Scott was working on the novel - celebrate love, friendships and the island's natural beauty but it is a wonderment undercut by violence, both historical and contemporary.