They never told me
Subtitle: and other stories
By: Austin Clarke
Publisher: Exile Editions Ltd.; Exile Editions
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Holstein, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781550963595
Subjects: Canadian Short stories
Work titles: Short stories
Description: In this collection, award-winning author Austin Clarke has caught, in his characters, a sweet longing for youth and an anxiety-stricken rage at old age; an immigrant's longing for a placid, lost home and his lust for a new high-speed motorcar life; and an intellectual's sense of empowerment by black history even as he watches what little he knows about such history engulf him. These are intense and private lives made public by the force of their individual voices, voices that may be rambunctious and fractious but that are, nonetheless, elegant in their intent and humor and their acceptance that is never acquiescence. The volume also includes a prose portrait of Austin Clarke by acclaimed author Barry Callaghan.
Notes: Short stories.
Table of contents: title: Galaxie; title: Waiting for the postman to knock --; title: On the midnight train --; title: Our lady of the hours --; title: Old pirates, yes, they rob I --; title: For all i care --; title: So? --; title: They never told me --; title: Austin Clarke: riding the Coltrane.