Items17The creator’s order
  1. 1The Lonely Londoners (1991)The Lonely Londoners (1991) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 1991Moses meets new arrivals at Waterloo Station and knows what the cold and fog in 1950s London can do to a promising first day. Selvon gives the narration the rhythms of the people making a life there, so the jokes and the loneliness arrive in the same voice. Start here if you like stories that move…0
  2. 2Bread the Devil Knead (2021)Bread the Devil Knead (2021)Published Jan 1, 2021Alethea manages a boutique in Port of Spain and makes quick judgments about people, herself included. After seeing a woman killed, she starts to reconsider the relationships closest to her. Choose this for a blunt, funny Trinidadian voice that can carry a dark story about violence and the…0
  3. 3Texaco (1992)Texaco (1992) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 1992Marie-Sophie Laborieux tells the history of a Martinican neighborhood that an urban planner might see mainly as a problem to solve. Her account has to share the page with notebooks and the planner’s statements, which makes it worth listening to how each speaker claims authority. Rose-Myriam Réjouis…0
  4. 4Augustown (2016)Augustown (2016) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2016When Kaia comes home crying after a teacher cuts off his dreadlocks, his great-aunt Ma Taffy has a story of her own to tell about what happened to the preacher Alexander Bedward. Miller lets that older story change the weight of the school incident. Go here for the feeling of a community speaking…0
  5. 5What a Mother's Love Don't Teach You (2022)What a Mother's Love Don't Teach You (2022)Published Jan 1, 2022In Kingston, Dinah is sure a young man from the United States is the son she gave away. Other people in the novel have their own ways of talking about what happened. The shifts between Jamaican Patwa and standard English make this a good choice if you like hearing how class and allegiance change…0
  6. 6A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014)A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014) 8.9/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2014An attack on Bob Marley in 1970s Kingston sets off a novel that follows gunmen, agents, and even ghosts. Let the voices settle in before you try to keep track of every connection. This is the long, demanding choice if you enjoy watching several characters talk around a history that none of them can…0
  7. 7The Autobiography of my Mother (1996)The Autobiography of my Mother (1996)Published Jan 1, 1996Xuela’s mother dies when she is born, and she grows up in Dominica with a keen ear for what people expect her to feel. Kincaid gives her a voice that returns to certain thoughts until their force changes. Pick this for a short, severe novel that asks what a woman owes to a history she never chose.0
  8. 8Dreaming in Cuban (1992)Dreaming in Cuban (1992) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 1992Listen for the difference between what Celia says in her letters and what her granddaughter Pilar wants to know about her. The voices in García’s novel offer different ways to live with Cuba’s revolution and the separations it brings. Read it if you like family stories where people can feel close…0
  9. 9The farming of bones (1998)The farming of bones (1998) 7.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 1998Amabelle, a Haitian domestic worker living in the Dominican Republic, is separated from the man she loves during the 1937 massacre. Danticat gives her time to remember a life that the violence could otherwise eclipse. Choose this if you want historical fiction held close to one person’s voice and…0
  10. 10The restless (2018)The restless (2018)Published Jan 1, 2018In Pointe-à-Pitre, a child named Émilienne tries to understand what the adults can tell her about the violence that follows a strike. Choose Judith G. Miller’s translation for a novel about public events heard through a child’s questions and the unequal amounts of knowledge people have at home and…0