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    Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam
    Short Stories by Caribbean Women

    Carmen C Esteves (Edited by), Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Edited by)

    9780813517384

    Paperback / softback, published 1 November 1991

    304 pages
    21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.367 kg

    Unique... a wonderful collection that will receive much attention. - Barbara Christian (University of California, Berkeley) The panorama of insights and visions is vast... the context of women's writings is a broadening link, connecting these writers with their counterparts in other cultures around the world. - Gregory Rabassa Provides wonderful insights into writing by women from the Caribbean. - J. Michael Dash (The University of West Indies)

    This collection of short stories features moving tales from the rich Caribbean oral tradition, stories that question women's traditional roles, present women's perspectives on the history of Caribbean slavery and colonialism, and convey the beautiful cadences of the language of Caribbean women. It offers the general reader a broad selection of the themes, styles, and techniques characteristic of contemporary women's fiction in the Caribbean. There are twenty-seven enjoyable and vibrant tales in this anthology, some of them originally written in English, others in French, Dutch, and Spanish. There are writers from Guadeloupe, Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Antigua, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Surinam. Along with stories by well-known writers such as Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, Michelle Cliff, Maryse Conde, and Rosario Ferre, the anthology also includes first-rate stories by lesser-known but equally talented writers. The collection also contains a critical introduction, biographical notes, and a bibliography.

    Introduction     
    Acknowledgments
         Tetiyette and the Devil / Anonymous
         Little Cog-burt / Phyllis Shand Allfrey
         Cotton Candy / Dora Alonso
         See Me in Me Benz An T'ing: Like the Lady Who Lived on That Isle Remote / Hazel D. Campbell
         They Called Her Aurora (A Passion for Donna Summer) / Aida Cartagena Portalatin
         Columba / Michelle Cliff
         A Pottage of Lentils / Marie-Therese Colimon-Hall
         Three Women in Manhattan / Maryse Conde
         Hair / Hilma Contreras
         Piano-Bar / Liliane Devieux
         Barred: Trinidad 1987 / Ramabai Espinet
         The Poisoned Story / Rosario Ferre
         Cocuyo Flower / Magali Garcia Ramis
         How to Gather the Shadows of the Flowers / Angela Hernandez
         Opera Station. Six in the Evening. For Months... / Jeanne Hyvrard
         Girl / Jamaica Kincaid
         No Dust Is Allowed in This House / Olga Nolla
         Widow's Walk / Opal Palmer Adisa
         Parable II / Velma Pollard
         Red Flower / Paulette Poujol-Oriol
         The Day They Burned the Books / Jean Rhys
         Lola or the Song of Spring / Astrid Roemer
         Brights Thursdays / Olive Senior
         ADJ, Inc. / Ana Lydia Vega
         Of Nuns and Punishments / Bea Vianen
         Passport to Paradise / Myriam Warner-Vieyra
         Of Natural Causes / Mirta Yanez
         Selected Bibliography / Olga Torres-Seda
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