Arrival of the Snake-Woman
The Toronto author Olive Senior's Jamaican birthplace provides the setting for these powerfully engaging stories that span a period of roughly 150 years, from the closing days of slavery in 1838 to the 1980s. The tensions wrought by rapid change and conflicting loyalties are at the heart of these stories, most beautifully evoked in the novella Arrival of the Snake-Woman.
Olive Senior is a Jamaican Canadian poet, novelist and short story writer.
Other publications from this author include:
- Boonoonoonous Hair (2019)
- The Pain Tree (2015)
- Anna Carries Water (2013)
- Birthday Suit (2012)
- Dancing Lessons (2011)
- Shell (2007)
- Over the Roofs of the World (2005)
- Discerner of Hearts (1995)
- Gardening in the Tropics (1994)
- Summer Lightning and Other Stories (1986)
- Talking of trees (1985)