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  • The Austin Clarke Library

    'Membering / The Polished Hoe / Choosing His Coffin

    de Austin Clarke ...
    Series series The Austin Clarke Expanded Library
    Gathered together are three extraordinary books by renowned storyteller and memoirist Austin Clarke.’Membering, Clarke’s breathtaking memoir, spans over fifty years of his life as a writer, chronicling his coming to Canada in the fifties, formative experiences with Malcolm X, Chinua Achebe, and LeRoi Jones, and bursting with cultural insights and poignant memories from a narrative master.In The ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • ’Membering

    de Austin Clarke ...
    2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature — Longlisted2016 RBC Taylor Prize — LonglistedThe unforgettable memoir of Giller Prize–winning author and poet Austin Clarke, called “Canada’s first multicultural writer.”Austin Clarke is a distinguished and celebrated novelist and short-story writer. His works often centre around the immigrant experience, of which he writes with humour and compassion, ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • There Are No Elders

    de Austin Clarke ...
    Series series Exile Classics series
    A compelling collection that explores the lives of Afro-Caribbean immigrants living in Canada, these eight short stories delve into the experiences of displaced persons living in contemporary society—all with a richness of language and rhythm that is authentically urban. ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • They Never Told Me

    And Other Stories

    de Austin Clarke ...
    In this collection, award-winning author Austin Clarke has caught, in his characters, a sweet longing for youth and an anxiety-stricken rage at old age; an immigrant's longing for a placid, lost home and his lust for a new high-speed motorcar life; and an intellectual's sense of empowerment by black history even as he watches what little he knows about such history engulf him. These are intense ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks

    de Austin Clarke ...
    Now available after over four decades, the first collection of short fiction from bestselling author and Barbadian-born Canadian luminary Austin Clarke — winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and the Trillium Book Award for his novel The Polished Hoe — is a vital, lyrical, and provocative exploration of the Black immigrant experience in Canada.Originally issued in ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • More

    A Novel

    de Austin Clarke ...
    From Austin Clarke, the critically acclaimed author of The Polished Hoe—winner of the Giller Prize—comes More, a powerful new novel of survival in a cold and alienating world. Certain to become a classic in contemporary world literature, More carries readers into the lonely life of an immigrant domestic—abandoned years before by a faithless husband, her life devastated by her son’s involvement in ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • In This City

    de Austin Clarke ...
    Series Libro 9 - Exile Classics series
    Poignantly capturing the sorrow and torment of the dispossessed, this collection of stories focuses on the contemporary experiences of urban dwellers longing for a place to call home. Private lives and intimate pains are made public, and the rawness of the moment is redeemed by the elegance of Clarke's prose and the innate sympathy of his eye. ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • In Your Crib

    de Austin Clarke ...
    Series Libro 230 - Essential Poets series
    Two black men: the poet, an elder and veteran of last century's civil rights movement; and a nameless youth, swaggering and beltless, seduced by guns-and-gangs and expensive cars, and perpetually targeted by police. They are brothers by the colour of their skin, neighbours in the same "crib," yet separated by a lifetime of experience. Invoking memories of his personal encounters with leaders like ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Where The Sun Shines Best

    de Austin Clarke ...
    Series Libro 200 - Essential Poets series
    Three Canadian soldiers awaiting deployment to the war in Afghanistan beat a homeless man to death on the steps of their armoury after a night of heavy drinking. The poet, whose downtown Toronto home overlooks the armoury and surrounding park, describes the crime, its perpetrators, the victim, and a cast of homeless witnesses that includes the woman, a prostitute, who first alerts police. The ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    The Polished Hoe

    de Austin Clarke ...
    Narrado por Robin Miles ...

    Completo

    18 hora 50 minutos

    Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada • Commonwealth Writers Prize, Caribbean and CanadaWhen Mary-Mathilda, one of the most respected women of the island of Bimshire (also known as Barbados) calls the police to confess to a crime, the result is a shattering all-night vigil that brings together elements of the island's African past and the tragic legacy of colonialism in one epic sweep.Set in the West ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    ’Membering

    de Austin Clarke ...
    Narrado por Nigel Shawn Williams ...

    Completo

    24 hora 26 minutos

    2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature (Longlisted)2016 RBC Taylor Prize (Longlisted)The unforgettable memoir of Giller Prize–winning author and poet Austin Clarke, called “Canada’s first multicultural writer.”Austin Clarke is a distinguished and celebrated novelist and short-story writer. His works often centre around the immigrant experience, of which he writes with humour and compassion, ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • Audiolibro

    More

    de Austin Clarke ...
    Narrado por Robin Miles ...

    Completo

    10 hora 33 minutos

    Winner of the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize for his novel The Polished Hoe, Austin Clarke is among Canada's most celebrated authors. More follows Barbados native and Toronto resident Idora Morrison, who cannot muster the desire to rise one morning. Her husband has left her, her son has chosen gang life, and societal prejudices have slowly chipped away at her resolve. ". at the ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus