Author

Wilson Harris

19 books · 1 series

Sir Theodore Wilson Harris was a Guyanese writer, born in 1921 and died in 2018. He began as a poet before turning to novels and essays, and his books include the Guyana Quartet, which opens with Palace of the Peacock. His style is often called abstract and densely metaphorical, and his subjects range from Carnival, a work of magical realism, to Jonestown, a history.

Sources: Wikipedia · Open Library

All books

19 books

1960

  1. Palace of the Peacock

    The Guyana Quartet · Book 1

1962

  1. The Whole Armour

    Standalone

1963

  1. The Secret Ladder

    Standalone

1964

  1. Heartland

    Standalone

1967

  1. Waiting Room

    Standalone

1968

  1. Tumatumari

    Standalone

1972

  1. Black Marsden

    Standalone

1977

  1. Da Silva Da Silva's Cultivated Wilderness

    Standalone

1978

  1. The Tree of the Sun

    Standalone

1985

  1. Carnival

    Standalone

1987

  1. The Infinite Rehearsal

    Standalone

1990

  1. The Four Banks of the River of Space

    Standalone

1993

  1. Resurrection at Sorrow Hill

    Standalone

1997

  1. Jonestown

    Standalone

2001

  1. The Dark Jester

    Standalone

2003

  1. The Mask of the Beggar

    Standalone