Big Island, Small
Autor Maureen St. Clairen Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 apr 2018
Sola is confused the first time she sees Judith, a fair skinned woman with dreadlocks dancing to reggae music. Meeting her gaze, Judith thinks Sola is judging her for appropriating Black culture. A few days later, up against an interlocking fence, Judith kisses Sola. Onlookers hurl stones and racial and gay slurs.
Thus begins the complicated friendship between Judith and Sola who live in between the land they were born, the Caribbean, and the land where they presently live, North America. Winner of the 2016 Beacon Award for Social Justice Literature and the 2015 Atlantic Writer’s Competition, Big Island, Small is a story of intimacy and friendship between two Caribbean/Canadian women with similar, yet vastly different, backgrounds who must dismantle their assumptions and biases around race, class, gender and sexuality in order to make amends with violent pasts, release shame, find joy and reconnect with themselves and each other.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1773630032
Pagini: 226
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Fernwood Publishing
Colecția Roseway Publishing
Locul publicării:Canada
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Recenzii
“St. Clair’s debut novel makes a brave entrance galloping on the scene like her morning sun. The language is real and engaging, addressing social ills like the heat curling our necks. She enters the consciousness of her characters with such skill, channeling their voices with a delicious sweet rawness — it’s like biting into a ripe cashew nut fruit. Fresh. Honest. Rootsy!”
“A deeply sensitive and engaging novel. Maureen St Clair writes the lives and relationships of her characters with rare delicacy and perception. Well worth reading.”
“I am delighted to see an author telling a story of two young women, coming of age, in such a visual way. The story draws you into a culture and existence that truly exists, but few dare tackle in Grenadian literature.”
“The power of this novel lies in its unforgettable characters. Maureen St. Clair effortlessly writes Judith and Sola’s complicated friendship into existence, shaped by intertwined personal and structural histories. Relationships are woven in surprising and lovely ways, filled with honesty and vulnerability.”
“Big Island, Small turns on its head familiar dualities: white/black, gay/straight, big/small. In the capable hands of the author the familiarity of these dualisms are used not to lock main characters in but rather to shed light on the complexity of identities. The even, strategic arrangement of characters and setting is as rich and striking as the Caribbean foliage encircling an unfolding story that will stay with you long after the end. Big Island, Small could only come from the heart and mind of someone like its author, Maureen St. Clair. If you don’t know who she is, don’t worry; it’s only a matter of time.”
“What drew me into Maureen St. Clair’s novel: her fiery lyricism and bang-on rhythmic dialogue, a capturing of people and places in deft graceful brushstrokes, and the bravery to delve into the darker aspects of the heart. Big Island, Small is an absorbing work of honesty and originality.”