Description
In this visionary novel, Zechariah Stevenson—raised in the comfort of Georgetown—finds himself working as a watchman in the timber country, where the landscape’s vastness mirrors the upheavals of his own conscience. When his boat disappears amid the tensions of a fraud he insists he did not commit, Stevenson is drawn into a searching, inward journey that tests what innocence means and how truth survives in the margins of society. Blending psychological intensity with lyrical, place-driven storytelling, the book explores themes of guilt and redemption, displacement, and the spiritual meaning of labor and survival. With Wilson Harris’s distinctive, mythic style and richly layered symbolism, the narrative turns a seemingly simple crisis into a profound meditation on identity and the hidden routes by which people come to understand themselves.
Available Editions
paperback
Caribbean Modern Classics
Published Jan 1, 2009
ISBN: 9781845230968
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First Published
1964
Language
eng
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