Aftermath of Empire
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Aftermath of Empire

The Novels of Roy A.K. Heath

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eBook - ePub

Aftermath of Empire

The Novels of Roy A.K. Heath

About this book

Roy A.K. Heath (1926–2008) was born in British Guiana (now Guyana). He fled a stultifying colony in 1950 and headed to the United Kingdom where he became a teacher by profession, a lawyer by training, and a writer by conscience. Heath authored nine novels (the first published in 1974), all uncompromisingly grounded in the landscape and the sociopolitical and cultural reality of twentieth-century Guyana. Coming after a long line of perceptive Guyanese and regional writers, Heath has practically refined the Guyanese and regional novel. With their psychological realism, his novels transcend politics and reach for man's essential condition of existence. This is the first critical study on Heath's entire body of work.

Ameena Gafoor's comprehensive critical introduction to Heath's works will be essential reading in institutions where literatures in English are being studied and researched.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. A Portrait of the Artist
  9. 2. An Introduction to the Trilogy: The Notion of Family
  10. 3. From the Heat of the Day: In Search of Community
  11. 4. One Generation: In Search of Self
  12. 5. Genetha: Through the Eyes of a Woman
  13. 6. A Man Come Home and The Murderer: The Novels of “Independence”
  14. 7. Orealla: Trapped in the Past
  15. 8. Kwaku and The Ministry of Hope: Community in Chaos
  16. 9. The Shadow Bride: A Passage from India
  17. Appendix: Reviews in Chronological Order
  18. Notes
  19. Selected Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. Acknowledgements