Description
Wilson Harris, best known for his novels which include The Palace of the Peacock, and Jonestown, has been writing fiction and non-fiction since the 1960s. This volume collects together a selection of his essays, interviews and lectures, from the 1960s to the present, making available his ideas on subjects including: the cultural dynamics of language, literature and identity; the role of fable and myth in the Caribbean literary imagination; the fictional work of those including Faulkner, Jean Rhys, Ralph Ellison and Edgar Allan Poe; and religious and political legacies of writers of the postcolonial diaspora. The volume is divided into four thematic sections which parallel Harris's development as a writer, guide the reader through his work and give historical and contextual details. Review: Harris is without question one of the most important figures of our time ... A very interesting and valuable book. -Stewart Brown, Centre of West African Studies, University of Birmingham His essays are a goldmine of insights into how to read fiction, and how to read life. -Peter Nazareth, Professor of English and African-American World Studies, University of Iowa
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