Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions): 'Magnificent' - Tsitsi Dangarembga
Author: Wilson Harris
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
I dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ... A crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagued by tragedies, haunted by drowned ghosts: spectres of the crew themselves, inhabiting a blurred shadowland between life and death. As their journey into the interior - their own hearts of darkness - deepens, it assumes a spiritual dimension, guiding them towards a new destination: the Palace of the Peacock ... A modernist fever dream; prose poem; modern myth; elegy to victims of colonial conquest: Wilson Harris' masterpiece has defied definition for over sixty years, and is reissued for a new generation of readers. 'The Guyanese William Blake . [Such] poetic intensity.' - Angela Carter 'One of the great originals ... Visionary ... Dazzlingly illuminating.' - Guardian 'Staggering ... Both brilliant and terrifying.' - The Times
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
I dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ... A crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagued by tragedies, haunted by drowned ghosts: spectres of the crew themselves, inhabiting a blurred shadowland between life and death. As their journey into the interior - their own hearts of darkness - deepens, it assumes a spiritual dimension, guiding them towards a new destination: the Palace of the Peacock ... A modernist fever dream; prose poem; modern myth; elegy to victims of colonial conquest: Wilson Harris' masterpiece has defied definition for over sixty years, and is reissued for a new generation of readers. 'The Guyanese William Blake . [Such] poetic intensity.' - Angela Carter 'One of the great originals ... Visionary ... Dazzlingly illuminating.' - Guardian 'Staggering ... Both brilliant and terrifying.' - The Times
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Author: Wilson Harris
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
I dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ... A crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagued by tragedies, haunted by drowned ghosts: spectres of the crew themselves, inhabiting a blurred shadowland between life and death. As their journey into the interior - their own hearts of darkness - deepens, it assumes a spiritual dimension, guiding them towards a new destination: the Palace of the Peacock ... A modernist fever dream; prose poem; modern myth; elegy to victims of colonial conquest: Wilson Harris' masterpiece has defied definition for over sixty years, and is reissued for a new generation of readers. 'The Guyanese William Blake . [Such] poetic intensity.' - Angela Carter 'One of the great originals ... Visionary ... Dazzlingly illuminating.' - Guardian 'Staggering ... Both brilliant and terrifying.' - The Times
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
I dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ... A crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagued by tragedies, haunted by drowned ghosts: spectres of the crew themselves, inhabiting a blurred shadowland between life and death. As their journey into the interior - their own hearts of darkness - deepens, it assumes a spiritual dimension, guiding them towards a new destination: the Palace of the Peacock ... A modernist fever dream; prose poem; modern myth; elegy to victims of colonial conquest: Wilson Harris' masterpiece has defied definition for over sixty years, and is reissued for a new generation of readers. 'The Guyanese William Blake . [Such] poetic intensity.' - Angela Carter 'One of the great originals ... Visionary ... Dazzlingly illuminating.' - Guardian 'Staggering ... Both brilliant and terrifying.' - The Times
Palace of the Peacock (Faber Editions): 'Magnificent' - Tsitsi Dangarembga