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Opere di Frank Collymore

Opere correlate

The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories: Reissue (Oxford Books of Prose) (1999) — Collaboratore; Collaboratore — 94 copie
A Caribbean Dozen (1994) — Collaboratore — 70 copie

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Data di nascita
1893-01-07
Data di morte
1980-07-17

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Barbados. Marl-hole = clay-digging hole. Dunk = jujube. BG = British Guiana. B'adian = Barbadian. Epergne = a form of multi-branched centerpiece, but I should know that.

Two stars in the sense of "it was okay." Collymore's short story style isn't to my taste. The tone of most of the stories could be characterized as "suspense lite," sometimes shading into what would be horror if it weren't predictable. The pleasure in these stories isn't in theie plots, which abound with dead spouses, murders, angst, and light supernatural touches, but in the details of class and race relations in Barbados in the mid-20th century.… (altro)
 
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Utenti
11
Popolarità
#857,862
Voto
½ 3.7
Recensioni
1
ISBN
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