Description
Set in the rain-soaked landscapes of Guyana, this collection of four interlinked “fables” follows the lives, memories, and spiritual worlds of distinct Amerindian peoples of the circum-Roraima region. Through mesmeric, haunting storytelling, the book traces how myth, history, and cultural identity intertwine—inviting readers to consider what it means for a community to endure, transform, and speak back to time. Wilson Harris’s distinctive style—lyrical, visionary, and metaphor-driven—turns geography into a landscape of the mind, where the natural world becomes a language for collective experience. Across these linked tales, themes of ancestry, cultural survival, and the power of imagination to remake reality unfold with quiet intensity and profound resonance.
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paperback
Faber and Faber Ltd
Published Jan 1, 1971
104 pages
ISBN: 0571094635
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First Published
1971
Language
eng
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