Title: Choosing his coffin : the best stories of Austin Clarke.
Authors: Clarke, Austin, 1934-2016
Publisher: T. Allen Publishers,
Year: 2003
Subjects: West Indians North America Fiction.; Immigrants Fiction
Abstract: A collection of 20 short stories spanning Clarke's 40-year career, drawing on his Caribbean roots as well as his years living in Canada and the United States.
Contents: The discipline -- Canadian experience -- I'm running for my life -- An Easter carol -- A short drive -- Griff! -- The man -- A slow death -- They're not coming back -- On one leg -- The motor car -- Doing right -- Four stations in his circle -- A funeral -- Bonanza 1972 in Toronto -- Letter of the law of black -- If the bough breaks -- When he was free and young and he used to wear silks -- Sometimes, a motherless child -- Choosing his coffin.