The Last Warner Woman by Kei Miller
Adamine Bustamante is born in Jamaica, inside one of the islands last leper colonies. When she goes to a Revivalist Church, she discovers her gift of warning. But no one has bothered to warn Adamine that when she migrates to England her prophecies of hurricanes and earthquakes will no longer be respected. People will think she is crazy and lock her away in a mental hospital. Now, an old woman, Adamine wants to tell her own story but she must compete with Mr Writer Man the novelist who is twisting her words for his own book, and Adamine doesnt know why. In a story about magic and migration, about stories and story-telling, we discover it is never one person who owns a story, or who has the right to tell it.
'Miller's narrative and emotional range is exceptional' - Scotland on Sunday on THE SAME EARTH.'THE SAME EARTH, a humorous, bittersweet fiction, combines the fantastic realism of Marquez with the domestic comedy of Andrea Levy...Miller is a name to watch.' - Independent on THE SAME EARTH.'He is being marketed as a cross between Andrea Levy and Alexander McCall Smith, but he is probably a better writer than either.' - Daily Mail on THE SAME EARTH.
Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978. He is currently teaching Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. He has published several collections of poetry and a book of short stories published by Macmillan Caribbean, THE FEAR OF STONES, which was shortlisted for the COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780297860778 |
| ISBN 10 | 0297860771 |
| Title | The Last Warner Woman |
| Author | Kei Miller |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2010-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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