Soucouyant

Description

A “soucoyant” is an evil spirit in Caribbean lore, a reminder of past transgressions that refuse to diminish with age. In this beautifully told novel that crosses borders, cultures, and generations, a young man returns home to care for his aging mother, who suffers from dementia. In his efforts to help her and by turn make amends for their past estrangement from one another, he is compelled to re-imagine his mother’s stories for her before they slip completely into darkness. In delicate, heartbreaking tones, the names for everyday things fade while at the same time a beautiful, haunted life, stained by grief, is slowly revealed.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: David Chariandy
Published: 09/01/2007
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
ISBN: 9781551522265
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 0.53″ H x 7.89″ L x 5.76″ W

Award: 2007 Governor General’s Literary Awards Finalist – Fiction
Award: 2007 IndieFab awards Winner – Literary Fiction

About the Author

David Chariandy is an assistant professor in the English department at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, BC, Canada), specializing in world literature with a focus on Anglo-Caribbean work. He is also co-writing a book on contemporary diasporic theory. This is his first novel.