Trinidad Noir: The Classics
Robert Antoni, C. I. R. James, Earl Lovelace"Trinidad Noir: The Classics asks readers to reconsider the postcolonial condition in the fifty-five years after independence." --SX Salon
"Each story is magnetic." --New York Journal of Books
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. Now, two of Trinidad's top writers masterfully curate this literary retrospective of the nation's best writing over the past century.
Reprints of classic stories (and poems) by: C.L.R. James, Derek Walcott, Samuel Selvon, Eric Roach, V.S. Naipaul, Harold Sonny Ladoo, Michael Anthony, Willi Chen, Earl Lovelace, Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Ismith Khan, Lawrence Scott, Wayne Brown, Jennifer Rahim, Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw, Sharon Millar, Barbara Jenkins, and Shani Mootoo.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
Published: 05/02/2017
ISBN: 9781617754357
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d
Review Citations: Library Journal 04/01/2017 pg. 65
Publishers Weekly 03/27/2017
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2017