Best West Indian Stories

by Kenneth Ramchand

This anthology is designed for students in Caribbean secondary schools and contains some of the best short stories by Caribbean writers. Among the contributors are famous names in West Indian literature such as Claude McKay, Roger Mais, Wilson Harris and Jean Rhys as well as lesser known young writers like Noel Williams, Clyde Hosein, and Wayne Brown. Each story is accompanied by an introduction and a biographical note on the author.

186 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Ramchand’s ground-breaking The West Indian Novel and Its Background (1970) contains outstanding interpretations of major West Indian writers such as Earl Lovelace and Wilson Harris. It was followed in 1976 by An Introduction to the Study of WestIndian Literature. A visiting scholar in a number of universities in Britain and the USA, he became the first Professor of West Indian literature in 1984 at the University of the West Indies. His frequently controversial ‘Matters Arising’ column in Trinidad Guardian discusses political, economic and literary matters in the local dialect. A short-story writer in his own right, Ramchand’s contribution to education and culture – as an academic, a creative artist and an independent senator – remains largely unrecognized in his own country.