Palace of the Peacock, the first of Wilson Harris's many novels, was published in 1960, just one year after his arrival in Britain from Guyana. In a richly metaphorical style, the book sets out the themes Wilson continues to develop in his writing to this day: the ability of the imaginative consciousness to create worlds where disparate cultures and traditions are fused. Donne, an ambitious skipper, leads a multiracial crew up an unnamed river in the rainforest. He is searching for the indigenous people of the forest to ...
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Palace of the Peacock, the first of Wilson Harris's many novels, was published in 1960, just one year after his arrival in Britain from Guyana. In a richly metaphorical style, the book sets out the themes Wilson continues to develop in his writing to this day: the ability of the imaginative consciousness to create worlds where disparate cultures and traditions are fused. Donne, an ambitious skipper, leads a multiracial crew up an unnamed river in the rainforest. He is searching for the indigenous people of the forest to exploit as cheap labour on his plantation. But the journey is beset with obstacles, and as the crew progress and their relationships develop, it takes on a more spiritual significance, culminating with the crew and the forest folk finding sanctuary and resolution in the visionary Palace of the Peacock.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 200grams, ISBN: 9780571089307.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 200grams, ISBN: 9780571089307.
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Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Corners sharp. Light crease at front hinge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. London: Faber and Faber, 1968. Paperback. First Edition, Third Printing, 1977. London: Faber and Faber, 1968. Paperback. First Edition, Third Printing, 1977. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Corners sharp. Light crease at front hinge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 152 pages. This is a rare early edition of the first novel by Guyanese writer Wilson Harris. It is the first in Harris's "Guyana Quartet" and is a canonical text in Caribbean literary studies. Set in sixteenth century, the novel tells of a group of men from different backgrounds making their way up a dangerous river within the jungles of Guiana. The party is led by a cruel second-generation European colonialist who is hunting for a woman who has run away from him. Over the course of the journey it becomes apparent that it is not the first time the men have tried to make their way up this river and that last time they attempted to traverse the river they were all drowned. The events are narrated in the first person by an entity identified simply as the "Dreamer." Authors: Wilson Harris; Kenneth Ramchand (intro)
