The Last Warner Woman

Author: Kei Miller
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Category: Fiction, General
Book Format: Paperback

Adamine Bustamante is born in Jamaica, inside one of the islands last leper colonies. When she goes to a Revivalist Church, she discovers her gift of warning. But no one has bothered to warn Adamine that when she migrates to England her prophecies of hurricanes and earthquakes will no longer be respected. People will think she is crazy and lock her away in a mental hospital.Now an old woman, Adamine wants to tell her own story but she must compete with Mr Writer Man the novelist who is twisting her words for his own book and Adamine doesn't know why.In a story about magic and migration, about stories and storytelling, we discover it is never one person who owns a story, or who has the right to tell it.

About Kei Miller
Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978. He has published two novels, several collections of poetry and a book of short stories published by Macmillan Caribbean, THE FEAR OF STONES, which was shortlisted for the COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK. In 2014, he won the prestigious FORWARD PRIZE FOR POETRY for his collection, THE CARTOGRAPHER TRIES TO MAP A WAY TO ZION. He teaches Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.

(BK-9780753828083)

SKU BK-9780753828083
Barcode # 9780753828083
Brand Orion Publishing Co
Artist / Author Kei Miller
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 12.900m
Assembled Height 19.800m
Assembled Width 1.900m
Type Paperback

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