AUGUSTOWN
Richly nuanced and empathetic . . . a vivid modern fable' Guardian
From the winner of the Forward Prize, a magical and haunting novel set in the underbelly of Jamaica.
WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE, THE GREEN CARNATION PRIZE, and the HISTORICAL WRITERS AWARD
'This is my ultimate beach read. It has an explosive beginning that draws in a reader in the best way, excellent storytelling, incredible prose. It will keep you absorbed until the sun goes down' Reni Eddo-Lodge, author of Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
One April day in Augustown, Jamaica. Ma Taffy, old and blind, sits in her usual spot on the veranda. No matter how the world tilts around her, come hurricane or riot, she knows everything that goes on in this small community. Which is why, when her six-year-old nephew returns home from school with his dreadlocks shorn, she realises that trouble won't be far behind.
And so she tells him the story of Alexander Bedward, the flying preacherman. She remembers what happened to the Rastaman and his helper, Bongo Moody; she thinks of Soft-Paw, the leader of the Angola gang, and what lies beneath her house. For trouble is brewing once more among the ramshackle lanes of Augustown, and as Ma Taffy knows, each day contains much more than its own hours, or minutes, or seconds.
In fact, each day contains all of history . . .
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
MILLER KEI
Kei Miller es un poeta, novelista, ensayista y profesor jamaicano nacido en 1978 en Kingston. Estudió en la Universidad de las Indias Occidentales, realizó una maestría en la Universidad Metropolitana de Mánchester y un doctorado en la Universidad de Glasgow. Su producción literaria abarca diversos géneros, con obras destacadas como el poemario The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion, ganador del Forward Prize, la novela Augustown y la colección de ensayos Things I Have Withheld. Ha ejercido la docencia en instituciones del Reino Unido y es miembro de la Royal Society of Literature.
