The Obeah Man

Carnival Day, Tuesday Port of Spain, Trinidad Into this heady bacchanalian atmosphere, filled with men and women seeking the sinful anonymity of costumes, in street processions gyrating to the music of steel bands and in bars packed beyond capacity, where menace seems familiar but lurks in unkown places comes the Obeah Man, Zampi, in search of the beautiful Zolda By the time the festivities are over, disaster has struck, and the powerful but good Obeah Man Zampi has learnt an all too human lesson in love A brilliant revelation of the dark reality under a lively Caribbean surface, The Obeah Man combimes the humour of Samuel Selvon, the pathos of George Lamming and the irony of V S Naipaul all in one Frank Birbalsingh, York University a compelling story of living in changing times its message and impressions are long lasting The Obeah Man is a very human story Cecil Foster, The Toronto Review Free Download eBook The Obeah Man author Ismith Khan – kino-fada.fr Contrary to the common theme in many Carribbean books which centre around pride in ethnicity, whether African, Indian or Chinese, this book embraces idea that there is strength and potential for positive growth in the mixing of all races, an assimilation of all the strengths of all the cultures to make a better world This idealism was rare when this book was written 40 years ago The action takes place over a single weekend of carnaval in Trinidad and uses the metaphor of masks unmasking throu Contrary to the common theme in many Carribbean books which centre around pride in ethnicity, whether African, Indian or Chinese, this book embraces idea...I tried really hard to like this novel but ultimately it fell short on a number of accounts.I couldn t connect with any of the characters in any real way and the plot only got slightly interesting towards the end.

• English
• 24 May 2018
Ismith Khan
• Paperback
• 148 pages
• 0920661467
• Ismith Khan
• The Obeah Man