{"product_id":"palace-of-the-peacock-9780571368044","title":"Palace Of The Peacock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA radical literary landmark,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ewith a new foreword by Jamaica Kincaid\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eto mark Wilson Harris' centenary: a visionary masterpiece tracing the dreamlike voyage of a riverboat crew through the jungle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eI dreamt I awoke with one dead seeing eye and one living closed eye ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exhilarating experience ... Makes visions real and reality visions ... Genius.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJamaica Kincaid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'The Guyanese William Blake . [Such] poetic intensity.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAngela Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'One of the great originals ... Visionary ... Dazzlingly illuminating.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Amazing ... Masterly ... Near-miraculous.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObserver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Perhaps the most inimitable [writer] produced in the English-speaking Caribbean.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Fred D'Aguiar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'An extraordinary writer ... Courageous and visionary ... It speaks to us in tongues.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pauline Melville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Staggering ... Both brilliant and terrifying.'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42746456146126,"sku":"9780571368044","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9780571368044_a.png?v=1724317607","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.live\/products\/palace-of-the-peacock-9780571368044","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}