Colonial Cream: New and Selected Stories
by N. D. Williams
Category: Fiction

In this new collection of stories Williams again breaks the rules and stretches the limits of short fiction. Two stories are as long as novellas; others are short' but densely mystifying. The title story returns to a Caribbean past that has almost faded, but modern themes lesbian love, sexuality, individual consciousness, memory, arriving in America, loneliness in hybrid cities are explored with sharp-eyed, inventive prose. His characters cross borders into places that on the surface resemble Jamaica or New York but could be anywhere. Colonial Cream is a fine example of contemporary Caribbean writing.