The Guyanese Wanderer: Stories

"This is a stunning collection. Mesmerizing. Carew's foreshadowing is so deft, so subtle, we begin to ache before we should. We swat swamp mosquitoes as we sit around the smoke-fire with granite-faced Doorne and his sons, sensing peril. and we understand seduction before we are drawn into it. Carew's eloquence is irresistible; his ear for retrieving language so precise, so respectful, we nod comfortably at old friends. Nuh? This experience under a full Guyanese moon is exquisite; is memory recovered. As a matter of fact, Carew transcends academics or mere creativity when he does the impossible: returns to the past with us as tagalongs."
--Mari Evans, author of Continuum and Clarity: (A Poet's Perspective)

Jan Carew combines Caribbean folklore, ghost story, adventure tale, and literature of European exile to create a spirited dialect and colloquial voice that startles and delights; he's comfortable confronting anything, racial prejudice or whimsical fable, the natural world or city slum.

Author: Jan Carew
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: 07/01/2007
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.14w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9781932511505

About the Author
Carew, born in Guyana, studied at Howard University, Western Reserve University, Charles University in Prague, and the Sorbonne in Paris. In London he was broadcaster, writer, and editor with the BBC. Author of six novels and a multitude of plays, poetry, articles, and stories, he has resided in Mexico, England, France, Spain, Ghana, Canada, and lives in Louisville, Kentucky.