"Obeah" and Other Martinican Stories

by Marie-Magdeleine Carbet

This volume comprises French versions and English translations of seven short stories written by Marie-Magdeleine Carbet, Martinique's most prolific woman writer. Four of these stories are previously unpublished, culled from documents obtained from Carbet's niece. While analyses of the literature of the French Caribbean have tended to portray these people typically as suffering from pathologies of colonial oppression, the situations and reflections...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161186237X
• ISBN13: 9781611862379
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"