Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction by Nalo Hopkinson (from the SciFan database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections)


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	Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction, by Nalo Hopkinson


	Anthology, first publication in October 2000


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	The lushness of language and the landscape, wild contrasts, and pure storytelling magic abound in this anthology of Caribbean writing. Steeped in the tradition of fabulism, where the irrational and inexplicable coexist with the realities of daily life, the stories in this collection are infused with a vitality and freshness that most writing traditions have long ago lost. From spectral slaving ships to women who shed their skin at night to become owls, stories from writers such as Jamaica Kincaid, Marcia Douglas, Ian MacDonald, and Kamau Brathwaite pulse with rhythms, visions, and the tortured history of this spiritually rich region of the world.


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