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Corentyne Thunder
First published in 1941, this vivid and poetic family saga was the first modern novel to focus on the lives of immigrants from India in the British Caribbean colonies. Set on the coast of British Guiana, the story spans three generations and revolves around Ramgollal, an old Indian cow-minder on the Corentyne coast who has worked hard for many years to save money and build...more
Paperback, 260 pages
Published
May 1st 2009
by Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
(first published June 1970)
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Corentyne Thunder is a landmark novel for Caribbean writers, but after reading it I can understand the initial difficulty of selling Island peasant stories to the English and American reading public. While the plot dealt with universal themes of family, sex, property and success, I couldn’t relate to the characters. I have read other books about poverty and hardship like “The Grapes of Wrath” or “The Mystic Masseur”, and even Bukowski characters live in a type of poverty I can comprehend, but M...more
Brought back memories of life in Guyana's country-side. Oh those good old days!
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Edgar Mittelholzer is considered the first West Indian novelist, i.e. even though there were writers who wrote about Caribbean themes before him, he was the first to make a successful professional life out of it. Born in Guyana (then British Guiana) of Afro-European heritage, he began writing in 1929 and self-published his first book, Creole Chips, in 1937.
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