Palace of the Peacock
- 152bladzijden
- 6 uur lezen
Het Guyana-kwartetReeks
Deze serie duikt in de ingewikkelde samensmelting van uiteenlopende culturen en tradities, gesitueerd tegen de levendige achtergrond van Zuid-Amerika. Door middel van rijk metaforische proza onderzoekt het de kracht van het voorstellingsvermogen om nieuwe werelden en identiteiten te smeden. De verhalen verweven verhalen over menselijke verbinding en de zoektocht naar betekenis te midden van diverse achtergronden. Lezers worden uitgenodigd op een reis waarbij de grenzen tussen realiteit en mythe vervagen, en diepgaande waarheden over de menselijke geest worden onthuld.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
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This visionary novel follows the inner journey of Zechariah Stevenson, the son of a wealthy Georgetown businessman, while he works as the watchman at a timber depot deep within the interior. Isolated in the forest and having endured the suspicion of a fraud scandal, the mysterious death of his father, and the disappearance of his mistress, Zechariah begins a journey of self-discovery as he deconstructs previously held certainties about life by losing himself in nature. An immensely sensuous evocation of Guyanese flora and fauna and its potential impact on the imagination, this classic novel, first published in 1964, is a profound plea for an ecological vision of mankind's relationship to nature.
The Guyana Quartet is Wilson Harris's collection of novels comprising Palace of the Peacock, The Far Journey of Oudin, The Whole Armour and The Secret Ladder. In Palace of the Peacock, a tale of a doomed crew beating their way up-river through the jungles of Guyana, can be traced the poetic vision, themes and designs of Harris's subsequent work. It was described in "The Times" as displaying 'that staggering ebullience of language we have begun to recognize in West Indian writers'.
The Whole Armour and The Secret Ladder
- 260bladzijden
- 10 uur lezen
Set in British Guyana, the final two books (first published in 1962 and 1963) of The Guyana Quartet continue the author's literary exploration of the legacy and future of the former colony, which began with The Palace of the Peacock.