The migration of ghosts
By: Pauline Melville.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury; Distributed to the trade by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Short stories
Description: "Spirits are on the move in Pauline Melville's short-story collection. A South American president revisits the scenes of his ruthless rise to power - shortly after his own funeral. A transformed and sparkling City of London sets the scene for a company chairman's nemesis at the hands of his wife. In Andalucia, the spirit of the duende inspires an elderly widow to dance a death-defying flamenco.

We meet splendacious Mrs da Silva, sixty-five-year-old matriarch of Rebel War Band, as she boogies at Notting Hill Carnival. A steeplejack and his unemployed mate, denizen of Soho drinking clubs, meet up in search of a laugh. The ghost of Dante's Virgil, leading his pilgrim along perilous paths, is brought to mind as one friend guides another on her final journey. An Orinoco parrot has a shocking encounter with Descartes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Originally published: London, 1998.
Table of contents: title: The President's exile; title: Mrs Da Silva's carnival; title: The duende; title: Lucifer's shank; title: Don't give me your sad stories; title: The parrot and Descartes; title: The fable of the two silver pens; title: The sparkling bitch; title: Erzulie; title: Provenance of a face; title: The migration of ghosts; title: English table wuk.