The Overseer's Cabin

by Édouard Glissant

Book Overview

With douard Glissant's The Fourth Century, the Village Voice observed, "we get the full effect of his overarching project: a literary exorcism of Martinique's scarred psyche and past, a lingering cry against the 'black hole of time and forgetting.'" Glissant, "one of the most significant figures in Caribbean literature" (Washington Post), continues that project in The Overseer's Cabin, conjuring in one woman's story centuries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803234791
• ISBN13: 9780803234796
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"