- Hardcover
- Publisher: HOLT, HENRY * & CO (1994)
- ASIN: B000SI1ACQ
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Despair and other feelings,
By William (Washington state) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Despair: And Other Stories (Hardcover)
Andre Alexis' fiction collection, Despair and other stories, deals with relationships, love, and the darkness within us all. The stories are often fantastical, with a great deal of horror and humor, but they speak to real situations, fears, and life. Recurring themes are of dreams (especially nightmares), family, hands and fingers (or the absence of such), types of cloth, coincidence, sex, and death. The characters use each other (most notable in the story of a soucouyant), often acting cruelly. They then have philosophical discussions or meditations about good and evil, right and wrong, god, and the purpose of life. The stories do tend to end abruptly, with a sense of things left unfinished, unsaid, and unexplained, but this serves a purpose and leaves one feeling unsettled rather than unsatisfied.
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