So Many Islands by Nicholas Laughlin

So Many Islands by Nicholas Laughlin

So Many Islands brings together stories from the distant shores of the island communities in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Pacific. Giving voice to their challenges and triumphs, these writers paint a vibrant portrait of what it is like to live, love and lose the things most precious to them on the small islands they call home.

This enchanting collection will transport you to Marakei, 'the women's island', where a female statue stands guard at each compass point, and introduce you to colourful characters like Leno Humphrey, a small-time cricketer from St. Vincent & the Grenadines who buys his own trophies to take back to his wife.

Voicing global issues such as nuclear testing in the Pacific and climate change - a fight close to the heart of these precariously poised islands - to petty politics and the gaps between generations, readers everywhere will find universal connections with these words and worlds.

In association with The Commonwealth Foundation and Commonwealth Writers.

Laughlin, Nicholas: - Nicholas Laughlin (Trinidad and Tobago) is the editor of the Caribbean Review of Books and the arts and travel magazine Caribbean Beat, and program director of the Bocas Lit Fest, an annual literature festival and literary development organization based in Trinidad. He is also codirector of the contemporary art space Alice Yard. His book of poems The Strange Years of My Life was published in 2015.

Nailah Folami Imoja (Barbados) is a Barbadian/British writer, performer, and educator. As a poet, novelist, and journalist, she has contributed significantly to the Barbadian litscape. She has performed her work in England, Canada, Suriname, Guyana, and Trinidad.

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ISBN 13	9781877484421
ISBN 10	1877484423
Title	So Many Islands
Author	Nicholas Laughlin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little Island Press
Year published	2017-01-01
Number of pages	216
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