And Sometimes They Fly

By Robert Edison Sandiford

Book Overview

'You better watch out, the new batch of Elected may soon be here for you and we don't mean by votes They are found in And Sometimes They Fly, a mesmerizing retelling of Barbadian and Caribbean myths in a world where neither USA nor Europe are...the battlefields of modern Gods and Demons, but Barbados ' - Ian Bourne, thebajanreporter.com '...this is more than a good-versus-bad story. Sandiford spends a lot of time examining human nature and has an] excellent way of using words to describe a landscape. And Sometimes They Fly...is a unique and interesting read...a fantastic book.' - inkwellbook.blogspot.com 'Although the supernatural attributes of Sandiford's characters might make them seem more at home in Homer's and Milton's epics, the narrative is fiercely grounded in topographical and historical detail, whether the action is occurring in Barbados or Montreal. This keeps the narrative from escaping into the purely magical, as occurs, for example, in Alice in Wonderland. It also reifies what's asserted in the folk rhyme that is at the core of the novel: that these seemingly supernatural occurrences are also a part of reality. Injustice meted out to Caribbean First Nations, who lost their lands and for the most part their lives; and to Africans: first as de jure slaves and later as de facto slaves, and which to this day remains unrequited, plays a significant role in the novel's apocalypse. An additional pleasure in the reading of this work is to be found in Sandiford's beautifully wrought prose. It is oftentimes lyrical, recalling Toni Morrison's (without her prolixity) and James Baldwin's.''- H. Nigel Thomas, The Caribbean Writer 'Sandiford's prose reads like poetry. Part patois, part english, his writing may be a challenge for some less familiar with the dialect, but is all the more beautiful for it. He leads you into a world full of magic, danger, action and presents us with the first truly Caribbean superheroes.' --Broken Pencil

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897190948
• ISBN13: 9781897190944
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: DC Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.5"