When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks A List ed.

by Austin Clarke

Rinaldo Walcott (Introduction)

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Now available after over four decades, the first collection of short fiction from bestselling author and Barbadian-born Canadian luminary Austin Clarke — winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and the Trillium Book Award for his novel The Polished Hoe — is a vital, lyrical, and provocative exploration of the Black immigrant experience in Canada.

Originally issued in 1971, Austin Clarke’s first published collection of eleven remarkable stories showcases his groundbreaking approach to chronicling the Caribbean diaspora experience in Canada. Characters move through the mire of working life, of establishing a home for themselves, of...

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  • ISBN10 1487008422
  • ISBN13 9781487008420
  • Publish Date 19 November 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 176
  • Language English