Jumping Ship and Other Stories

By Kelvin Christopher James

Book Overview

A collection of stories set in Trinidad introduces readers to a colorful cast of characters, ranging from a pair of hapless tourists at a witchcraft ceremony to a hunch-backed shoemaker feuding with a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679411836
• ISBN13: 9780679411833
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Villard
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

best short stories I've ever read

Short story fiction generally consists of a short plot and then a twist. In the stories of Jumping Ship, there's a twist in every other dancing word. The prose is playful, yet highly sophisticated. The subject matter is serious enough; the humour lies in the dances of the words and sentences themselves. Don't understand what I'm talking about? Then you must read these stories.