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Essequibo: Poems by Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald's new collection, is a vivid and original sequence of poems which will add to this writer's widening reputation. The great Essequibo River, flowing through the mountains and green, deep forests of Guyana to the sea, inspires the poems. Incandescent natural beauty, and people of a wonderful variety who live in this magical region - their myths, history, adventures and simple stories - are reflected in a collection of poems certain to find a unique place in the literature of the West Indies and South America.
- GenresPoetry
68 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 1992
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About the author
Ian McDonald
8 books4 followersIan McDonald was born on 18 April 1933, in St Augustine, Trinidad.
He came to the then British Guiana in 1955 with the Booker Group of Companies. He has lived and worked in Guyana ever since. He spent a long career in the sugar industry.
He wrote poems, short stories, a novel "The Humming-Bird Tree" (1969), and an one-act play, "The Tramping Man" (1969).
He came to the then British Guiana in 1955 with the Booker Group of Companies. He has lived and worked in Guyana ever since. He spent a long career in the sugar industry.
He wrote poems, short stories, a novel "The Humming-Bird Tree" (1969), and an one-act play, "The Tramping Man" (1969).
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