caribbean

THE OXFORD BOOK OF
CARIBBEAN
SHORT STORIES
Edited by
Stewart Brown ana Jolin Wickham
SUB Gottingen
7
210 132 280
99 A 10145
Oxford New York
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1999
Contents
Introduction
xiii
FRANK COLLYMORE (1893-I980)
Barbados
Some People are Meant to Live Alone
1
JEAN RHYS (1894-1979)
Dominica
Pioneers, On, Pioneers
9
ALFRED MENDES (1897-I971)
Trinidad
Pablo's Fanaangfo
18
ERIC WALROND (1898-I966)
Guyana
Drougkt
26
C. L. R. JAMES (19OI-I989)
Trinidad
Triumph
35
ALEJO CARPENTIER (1904-1983)
Cuba
Journey to the Seed.
50
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ROGER MAIS (1905-1955)
Jamaica
Red Dirt Don't Wash
62
JUAN BOSCH (b. 1910)
Dominican Republic
Encamacion Mendoza's Christmas Eve
7°
G. CABRERA INFANTE (t>. 1922)
Cuba
The Doors Open at Three
80
SAM SELVON (1923-I994)
Trinidad
The Cricket Match
91
JOHN WICKHAM (t>. I923)
Barbados
The Li^ht on the Sea
96
JAN CAREW (b. 1925)
Guyana
Tilson Ezekiel Alias Ti-Zek
101
ISMITH KHAN (b.1925)
Trinidad
Shadows Move in the Britannia Bar
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RENE DEPESTRE (b. 1926)
Haiti
Rosena on the Mountain
119
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ROY HEATH (b. I926)
Guyana
The Master Tailor and the Teacher's Skirt
138
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ (b. 1928)
Colombia
The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship
148
ANDREW SALKEY (1928-1995)
Jamaica
A Proper Anno Domini Feeling
153
PAULE MARSHALL (b. I929)
Barbados
To Da-Duh, in Memoriam
159
KAMAU BRATHWAITE (b. 1930)
Barbados
Dream Haiti
169
ANTONIO BENITEZ ROJO (b. 193l)
Cuba
Buried Statues
187
MICHAEL ANTHONY (b. 1932)
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Trinidad
They Better Don't Stop the Carnival
200
V. S. NAIPAUL (b. 1932)
Trinidad
The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book
208
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JOHN STEWART ( b . I933)
Trinidad
The Old Men Used to Dance
215
AUSTIN CLARKE (b. 1934)
Barbados
Leaving this Island Place
220
EARL LOVELACE ( b . 1935)
Trinidad
Victory and the Blight
228
MARYSE CONDE ( b . 1937)
Guadeloupe
The Breadnut and the
Breadfruit
235
VELMA POLLARD ( b . I937)
Jamaica
Altamont Jones
245
THEA DOELWIJT ( b . 1938)
Surinam
In Foreign Parts
249
ROSARIO FERRE ( b . I938)
Puerto Rico
Wnen Women Love Men
257
E. A. MARKHAM ( b . I939)
Montserrat
Mammies Form at the
Post Office
270
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MYRIAM WARNER-VIEYRA (b. 1939)
Guadeloupe
Passport to Paradise
274
CLYDE HOSEIN (b. 1940)
Trinidad
Morris, Bnaiya
277
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WILLI CHEN (b. 194l)
Trinidad
Trotters
288
PAULINE MELVILLE (b. 1941)
Guyana
The Conversion of Millicent Vernon
292
OLIVE SENIOR (b. I941)
Jamaica
Do Angels Wear Brassieres?
304
REINALDO ARENAS (l943-199o)
Cuba
Goodbye Mother
314
LAWRENCE SCOTT (b. I943)
Trinidad
Ballad for the New World
326
ANA LYDIA VEGA (b. 1946)
Puerto Rico
Eye-Openers
333
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JEAN 'BINTA' BREEZE ( b . I947)
Jamaica
Sunday Cricket
344
ASTRID ROEMER (b. 1947)
Surinam
The Inheritance of my Father:
A Story for Listening
348
JAMAICA KINCAID ( b . I949)
Antigua
Blackness
362
MERLE COLLINS ( b . I950)
Grenada
The Walk
366
EDGARDO SANABRIA SANTALIZ (l§J/95l)
Puerto Rico
After the Hurricane
372
PATRICK CHAMOISEAU (b. 1953)
Martinique
Red Hot Peppers
382
LIONEL SEEPAUL ( b . 1955)
Trinidad
Pan tor Pockot
391
MAKEDA SILVERA (b. I955)
Jamaica
Caribbean Chameleon
399
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ROBERT ANTONI (b. 1957)
Trinidad/Bahamas
A World of Canes
403
ZOILA ELLIS (b. 1957)
Belize
The Waiting Room
416
SASENARINE PERSAUD (b. I957)
Guyana
Canada Geese and Apple Chatney
424
GEOFFREY PHILP (b. 1958)
Jamaica
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My Brother's Keeper
434
ALECIA MCKENZIE (b. i960).
Jamaica
Private School
442
EDWIDGE DANTICAT (b. I969)
Haiti
Nineteen Thirty-Seven
447
Biographical Notes
457
Suggestions for Wider Reading
467
Publisher's Acknowledgements
473
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