The Secret Ladder

Name: The Secret Ladder
Author: Wilson Harris

by Wilson Harris

Mystical narrative set on a colonial-era surveying expedition up a Guyanese river

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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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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
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The Eye of the ScarecrowSurreal work blending autobiography and mythology within a fragmented narrative
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