Comments on: Updating my map of the world http://www.juliecarter.net/blog/2008/11/updating-my-map-of-the-world/ Surviving is Underrated Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:46:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hedgie http://www.juliecarter.net/blog/2008/11/updating-my-map-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2272 Hedgie Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:53:42 +0000 http://www.juliecarter.net/blog/?p=1739#comment-2272 Here are a few more: Caribbean writers: Cuba -- Alejo Carpentier, <i>The Kingdom of This World</i> Jamaica -- Michelle Cliff, <i>Abeng</i> or its sequel <i>No Telephone to Heaven</i> Antigua -- Jamaica Kincaid, <i>Annie John</i>, <i>Luch</i>, or <i>The Autobiography of My Mother</i> Haiti -- Edwidge Dandicot, <i>The Dew Breaker</i>, <i>Breath, Eyes, Memory</i>, or <i>The Farming of Bones</i> Barbabos -- George Lamming, <i>In the Castle of My Skin</i> Guatemala -- Miguel Angel Asturias, <i>The President</i> African Writers: Kenya -- Ngugi wa Thiong'o, <i>The River Between</i> or <i>A Grain of Wheat</i> Senegal -- Mariama Ba, <i>So Long a Letter</i> or Semlene Ousmane, <i>God's Bits of Wood</i> (I'll be posting a review of this novel on "The Compost Heap" in the next day or so, if you're interested) Ghana -- Ayi Kwei Armah, <i>The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born</i> Botswana -- Bessie Head, <i>A Question of Power</i> or <i>When Rain Clouds Gather</i> Here are a few more:

Caribbean writers:
Cuba — Alejo Carpentier, The Kingdom of This World
Jamaica — Michelle Cliff, Abeng or its sequel No Telephone to Heaven
Antigua — Jamaica Kincaid, Annie John, Luch, or The Autobiography of My Mother
Haiti — Edwidge Dandicot, The Dew Breaker, Breath, Eyes, Memory, or The Farming of Bones
Barbabos — George Lamming, In the Castle of My Skin
Guatemala — Miguel Angel Asturias, The President

African Writers:
Kenya — Ngugi wa Thiong’o, The River Between or A Grain of Wheat
Senegal — Mariama Ba, So Long a Letter
or
Semlene Ousmane, God’s Bits of Wood (I’ll be posting a review of this novel on “The Compost Heap” in the next day or so, if you’re interested)
Ghana — Ayi Kwei Armah, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Botswana — Bessie Head, A Question of Power or When Rain Clouds Gather

]]> By: Julie http://www.juliecarter.net/blog/2008/11/updating-my-map-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2271 Julie Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:26:36 +0000 http://www.juliecarter.net/blog/?p=1739#comment-2271 Ooh, thanks for the recommendation! Ooh, thanks for the recommendation!

]]> By: Hedgie http://www.juliecarter.net/blog/2008/11/updating-my-map-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 Hedgie Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:55:00 +0000 http://www.juliecarter.net/blog/?p=1739#comment-2270 For Brazil, try Jorge Amado. I'd particularly recommend <i>The War of the Saints</i>. For Brazil, try Jorge Amado. I’d particularly recommend The War of the Saints.

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