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Binding: Paperback
Fabric Type: 9781933354552
Legal Disclaimer: 1933354550
Maximum Color Depth: Akashic Books
Metal Type: Akashic Books
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 340
Total External Bays Free: August 01, 2008
Total Firewire Ports: Akashic Books
Akashic Books
Features:- ISBN13: 9781933354552
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Trinidad Noir reveals the Caribbean island’s darkness and its appeal with an unexpected and gratifying result.
Features brand-new stories by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Lawrence Scott, Ramabai Espinet, Shani Mootoo, Kevin Baldeosingh, Vahni Capildeo, Willi Chen, Lisa Allen-Agostini, Keith Jardim, Reena Andrea Manickchand, Tiphanie Yanique, and more.
Average Rating: 
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This book is a great read for those who might have been born in Trinidad, yet raised and live in another country. Myself, being born in Trinidad and raised in the States, I was at first unsure of the emotions or images of Trinidad that I was unfamiliar with.
This antholgy gives me all the answers i need. This is a great summertime read for those who are born or married into Trinidad culture. The most important aspect of the book is the language/dialect. By the time you finish reading ... Read More
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I bought Trinidad Noir and read each story with the greatest interest. Lisa Allen-Agostini wrote one of my favorites but there are many great ones in this collection. Truth is, not a weak link in the chain, all the stories terrific in different ways. Some like poems wandering in and out of the tricky emotional and physical landscape of Trinidad. Some get right under your skin and you'll read them twice: Oonya Kempadoo's opening line "Trinidad never promised me anything" stays with me as does her ... Read More
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This book is an enjoyable read, with a lot of details from Trinidad life and culture. It's great to have a collection that represents many members of the writing community.
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Readers looking forward to noir fiction from an exotic locale are likely to be disappointed with this pedestrian collection of mostly amateur writing, with many stories unable to adhere even loosely to the characteristics of the genre. Some of the stories are just plain self-indulgent (there's one in which two of the narrator's three lovers murder the third because he has become too possesive; another in which an elaborate arrest and conviction for murder is staged merely to discourage the protagonist ... Read More
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