Discussing Columbus (Paperback)

Cyril Dabydeen

ISBN 10: 0948833572 / ISBN 13: 9780948833571

Verlag: Peepal Tree Press Ltd, Yorkshire, 1997

Paperback. When Columbus arrived in the Caribbean in 1492, he believed that he had landed on the coast of India. Cyril Dabydeen's ancestors came from India to the Caribbean in the nineteenth century as indentured labourers. This is an irony which appeals to him, an 'illustration of an odd and idiosyncratic destiny at work'. Since then, like many of his fellow Guyanese, Cyril Dabydeen has moved on again to settle in Canada. This collection of poems grows out of a consciousness of a world made up of layers of journeyings and settlement, of the meeting of heterogeneous cultures and the results of their mingling. On 'a deserted but peopled land', Dabydeen explores experiences of Canada and the Caribbean which simultaneously speak of a past of brutal genocide and tyranny and a world of recreating newness, constantly awaiting rediscovery, constantly evolving from the convergencies which that voyage of 1492 began.Cyril Dabydeen was born in Guyana in 1945. He migrated to Canada in 1970. He is the author of almost a dozen collections of poetry, two novels and six collections of short stories. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780948833571

Inhaltsangabe:

When Columbus arrived in the Caribbean in 1492 he believed that he had landed on the coast of India. Cyril Dabydeen's ancestors came from India to the Caribbean in the nineteenth century as indentured labourers. This is an irony of history that appeals to him. Since then, like many of his fellow Guyanese, Cyril Dabydeen has moved on again to settle in Canada. His poetry grows out of consciousness of a world made up of layers of journeyings and settlement, of the meeting of heterogeneous cultures and the results of their mingling.
Cyril Dabydeen writes as the voice within the convergences begun by Columbus's mistake.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Discussing Columbus (Paperback)
Verlag: Peepal Tree Press Ltd, Yorkshire
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new