The world of the West Indian defies boundaries, as disclosed with poignant realism in these fine stories set in Canada, the West Indies and New York. Dabydeen uses a language and style, distinctly his own, combined with humour and open-eyed wonder, to probe a diversity of situations and consider with understanding and generosity the foibles and idiosyncrasies of his characters and their remarkable endurance and will to survive. Long after the stories have been read, his characters will continue to haunt the mind.
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Dabydeen is "one of the most confident and accomplished voices of the Caribbean diaspora of the late twentieth century.’’ -- Edward Kamau Brathwaite
Dabydeen’s stories "rise into fine narrative practice that combines careful craft in dialogue, story structure and most importantly...passion.’’ -- World Literature Today
Dabydeen’s stories "rise into fine narrative practice that combines careful craft in dialogue, story structure and most importantly...passion.’’ -- World Literature Today
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Cyril Dabydeen has published more than a dozen books of prose and poetry in the United Kingdom and Canada, including the novel Dark Swirl and the story collections My Brahmin Days, Black Jesus and Other Stories, and Jogging in Havana. The City of Ottawa appointed him Poet Laureate in the mid-1980s and granted him the first Award of Excellence for Writing and Publishing. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
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