{"product_id":"palace-of-the-peacock-wilson-harris-9780571368044","title":"Palace of the Peacock","description":"\u003cb\u003eA radical landmark in Caribbean literature, reissued with a new foreword by Jamaica Kincaid to mark Wilson Harris' centenary: a visionary masterpiece tracing the dreamlike voyage of a riverboat crew through the jungle.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A crew of men are embarking on a voyage up a turbulent river through the rainforests of Guyana. Their domineering leader, Donne, is the spirit of a conquistador, obsessed with hunting for a mysterious woman and exploiting indigenous people as plantation labour. But their expedition is plagued by tragedies, haunted by drowned ghosts: spectres of the crew themselves, inhabiting a blurred shadowland between life and death. As their journey into the interior - their own hearts of darkness - deepens, it assumes a spiritual dimension, guiding them towards a new destination: the Palace of the Peacock ... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A modernist fever dream; prose poem; modern myth; elegy to victims of colonial conquest: Wilson Harris' masterpiece has defied definition for over sixty years, and is reissued for a new generation of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Guyanese William Blake ...  Such] poetic intensity. -- \u003cb\u003eAngela Carter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilson Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571368042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571368044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Wilson Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049239212287,"sku":"9780571368044","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a99c9ff2-5543-49e4-9cc5-967bd2aaf189.jpg?v=1685000444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/palace-of-the-peacock-wilson-harris-9780571368044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}