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The far journey of Oudin / Wilson Harris.

By:

Harris, Wilson

Publication details: London : Faber and Faber, 1961.Description: 136 pages ; 19 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Fiction.

DDC classification:

F Har

LOC classification:

PR6058.A692 F3

Other classification:

HQ 7400

Action note:

170497 Charm

Summary: Set like his first novel in The Guyana Quartet in the former colony of British Guiana, the second novel The Far Journey of Oudinis further proof of the intensity and originality of Wilson Harris's imaginative power and literary skill. Against a background of swamp, jungle and savannah a strange drama is played out in which the chief characters are the money-lender Ram - an evil, presiding genius - the illegitimate Beti whom all men desire, and Oudin the beggar who works for several masters and belongs to none. Focusing on the traumatizing effects of slavery on West Indian society, the novel depicts how the new-found freedoms and perceived social progress experienced by former peasants mask the fact that the old master-slave structure is reasserting itself among the descendants of an exploited people.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	F Har (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000108241
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	F Har (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000030295
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	F Har (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000114414
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	F Har (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000097666
Books	OCLC Data		F Har (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0000000005873

Set like his first novel in The Guyana Quartet in the former colony of British Guiana, the second novel The Far Journey of Oudinis further proof of the intensity and originality of Wilson Harris's imaginative power and literary skill. Against a background of swamp, jungle and savannah a strange drama is played out in which the chief characters are the money-lender Ram - an evil, presiding genius - the illegitimate Beti whom all men desire, and Oudin the beggar who works for several masters and belongs to none. Focusing on the traumatizing effects of slavery on West Indian society, the novel depicts how the new-found freedoms and perceived social progress experienced by former peasants mask the fact that the old master-slave structure is reasserting itself among the descendants of an exploited people.

170497 Charm

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