Wilson Harris
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