An Absence of Ruins Salah Stetié and to sing soul unto

and to sing soul unto soul

The writers come from nine countries – Huzama Habayeb from Palestine

Not one for quiet meditations

two haiku versions of Lucretius

An Absence of Ruins Salah Stetié and to sing soul untoAn Absence of Ruins was originally published in 1967, a period of decolonising ferment in Jamaica. This important and much sought after Caribbean classic is now lovingly restored to print, with an introduction by Jeremy Poynting. Patterson writes in the tradition of Dostoyevsky and Camus, creating a spiritual heir to the unnamed I of Notes from the Underground or La Chute. Through the tangled love life of one Alexander Blackman, Patterson offers up a