I agree, Walk Good was better. I enjoyed Banana Shout very much.
I agree, Walk Good was better. I enjoyed Banana Shout very much.
I have updated my wish list for my kindle fire!! Thanks guys!! Only I cant find Catch a Fire...only the study guides????
Check out this list: http://www.bookssetin.com/BookSearch...wPlace=Jamaica
It's not on the list, but I enjoyed Abeng by Michelle Cliff
I have had to buy Walk Good 4 times now. Every time I read it in Jamaica someone asks to borrow it. I never seem to be able to get it back. I've just loaned out my newest copy (keep buying it because I love to read it when getting a trip planned) to my friends. It's their first time in Jamaica & with their first 3 nights being in Negril, I figure it'll help them to know what to expect.
I'm reading the Dead Yard and I'm not so sure about it. Sure, it has some really interesting perspective, but it really feels like the author doesn't like Jamaica. And he keeps interviewing people who don't like it either. I don't know...
I just read Jamaica Girl by Jon Michael Miller. It's got some controversial elements but I really enjoyed it. It's quite racy though! I'm pretty sure it is out of print but you can get a used copy for about $12 on amazon.
Born fi' Dead by Laurie Gunst
Sbeth - I read Dead Yard as well. I felt like a learned a lot about Jamaica/politics/history, but I also could not shake a negative vibe from the book. I dont think it was the author's intent but it seemed a little one sided in its perspective.
One People - Guy Kennaway
The Book of Night Women - Marlon James
Ancestors - Paul Crooks
Salt - Earl Lovelace
Sam I am - Glad it wasn't just me!
Last edited by sbeth; 08-31-2012 at 05:04 PM.
check out Dr. Laura Tanna's collection of oral folk tales and histories...Originally Posted by HillCityGurl
http://www.amazon.com/Jamaican-Folk-.../dp/0967499119
Laura Tanna's work will appeal to a wide variety of readers: to those interested in tales till now untold publicly; to those who seek songs that have for generations been held dear and protected by the creators, inheritors and users of them; to oral history enthusiasts; and to those who simply wish to better understand the human beings with whom they shares this shrinking planet.
Laura Tanna's gift for sensitively listening to and communicating with her informants, coupled with scrupulous scholarship and genuine concern for interviewers, imbues her writing with rare insights into unfamiliar or half-forgotten attitudes, life styles and values. She gives us not only pleasurable reading, but opportunities to expand our perspectives and increase awareness of intangible aspects of our human heritage and environment. These, while being particularly useful to peoples of the African diaspora, are valuable to all caring citizens of the world.
"I beseech thee, my lord , let this venture be mine..."
-Sir Gawain
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