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Obras por Frank Collymore

Associated Works

The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories: Reissue (Oxford Books of Prose) (1999) — Contribuidor; Contribuidor — 93 exemplares
A Caribbean Dozen (1994) — Contribuidor — 69 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1893-01-07
Data de falecimento
1980-07-17

Membros

Críticas

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.… (mais)
 
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OshoOsho | Mar 30, 2013 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
1
Also by
2
Membros
11
Popularidade
#857,862
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
1
ISBN
1