The Pain Tree - Softcover
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The Pain Tree tells stories that speak to all aspects of Jamaican life. We hear from poor folk making the best of past hardships ("Coal"); rich folk plotting future selfishness ("The Goodness of My Heart"); and a young girl, forced to shoulder her mother's burdens in addition to her own ("Lollipop"). Bookending these are two powerful stories about the inextricability of home and history: in "The Pain Tree," the protagonist realizes the love she abandoned, and the pain she left behind; in "Flying," the lead character, searching for his missing piece, comes home for good.
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Winner of the OCM Bocas Prize (open to all writers from the Caribbean) a very fine collection of short stories that span the experience of the African diaspora.
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colonialism, colonizing, magic realis, Jamaic, Kingston
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- PublisherCormorant Books
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1770864342
- ISBN 13 9781770864344
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages200
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