Palace of the Peacock

Name: Palace of the Peacock
Author: Wilson Harris

by Wilson Harris

Visionary tale of exploration and transcendence in the Guyana interior

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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.

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