Choosing His Coffin: The Best Stories of Austin Clarke

From the author of the Giller Award - winning novel The Polished Hoe comes a new collection of 20 of his best short stories. Choosing His Coffin is a selection of Austin Clarke’s finest work from more than 40 years of storytelling, drawing on his Caribbean roots and his years in Canada.

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About the Author

Austin Clarke is a novelist, short story writer and poet born in Barbados.

Other publications from this author include:

In Your Crib (2015)
Where The Sun Shines Best (2013)
They Never Told Me: and Other Stories (2013)
More (2009)
The Polished Hoe (2002)
The Question (1999)
The Origin of Waves (1997)
The Austin Clarke Reader (1996)
Canadian Experience (1994)
There Are No Elders (1993)
In This City (1992)
Proud Empires (1988)
Nine Men Who Laughed (1986)
When Women Rule (1985)
Prime Minister (1977)
The Bigger Light (1975)
Storm of Fortune (1973)
When He Was Free and Young and He Used to Wear Silks (1971)
The Meeting Point (1967)
Amongst Thistles and Thorns (1965)
The Survivors of the Crossing (1964)