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Wilson Harris

Guyanese1921 – 2018Literary Fiction

Guyanese novelist whose Palace of the Peacock is a visionary masterwork of the Caribbean imagination, blending Amerindian mythology, colonial history, and metaphysical quest in densely lyrical prose.

Works

  • Palace of the PeacockVisionary tale of exploration and transcendence in the Guyana interior→
  • The Whole ArmourPhilosophical novella about survival and spiritual redemption in frontier Guyana→
  • The Secret LadderMystical narrative set on a colonial-era surveying expedition up a Guyanese river→
  • Heartland→
  • The Eye of the ScarecrowSurreal work blending autobiography and mythology within a fragmented narrative→
  • Secret Ladder→
  • Tumatumari→
  • The Guyana QuartetTetralogy of interconnected novels exploring Caribbean colonial history→

Related

Derek Walcott·Jean Rhys·Edward Kamau Brathwaite·Edouard Glissant·V.S. Naipaul
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