Sans Souci and Other Stories - Dionne Brand

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Sans Souci and Other Stories, Dionne Brand, 1989, Trinidad/Canada, SHORT STORIES

"...Often the stories lend themselves to being read aloud, as Dionne Brand creates stories within stories: "But truthfully, what makes a good story if not for the indiscretions we reveal, the admissions of being human. In this way, I will tell you some of my life; although I must admit that some of it is fiction, not much mind you, but what is lie, I do not live through with any less tragedy." She explores her two worlds, with their physical variation—one with the "snow, icy through the gray air," the other where "there wasn't one good reason why flowers should be so red and leaves so green."..."

(H.S., p. 52)