Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist
            
            ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hopkinson, Nalo, PUBLISHER: Invisible Cities Press, ong>Theong> lushness ong>ofong> language ong>andong> ong>theong> long>andong>scape, wild contrasts, ong>andong> pure storytelling magic abound in this anthology ong>ofong> Caribbean writing. Steeped in ong>theong> tradition ong>ofong> fabulism, where ong>theong> irrational ong>andong> inexplicable coexist with ong>theong> realities ong>ofong> daily life, ong>theong> ong>storiesong> in this collection are infused with a vitality ong>andong> freshness that most writing traditions have long ago lost. From spectral slaving ships to women who shed ong>theong>ir skin at night to become owls, ong>storiesong> from writers such as Jamaica Kincaid, Marcia Douglas, Ian MacDonald, ong>andong> Kamau Brathwaite pulse with rhythms, visions, ong>andong> ong>theong> tortured history ong>ofong> this spiritually rich region ong>ofong> ong>theong> world.